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Conrad Detlev, Count von Dehn

Nicolas de Largillierre (or Largillière) French

1724

Not on view

Sumptuously dressed according to the latest French fashion, Dehn was sent to Paris in 1723 by the Duke of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel to congratulate Louis XV on his ascension to the throne. Largillière must have painted the portrait after the diplomat’s farewell audience at Versailles on November 30, since it includes gifts he subsequently received: a bejeweled boîte à portrait, with a miniature of the king, as well as an illustrated volume of Louis XIV medals.

Conrad Detlev, Count von Dehn, Nicolas de Largillierre (or Largillière) (French, Paris 1656–1746 Paris), Oil on canvas — This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Title: Conrad Detlev, Count von Dehn

Artist: Nicolas de Largillierre (or Largillière) (French, Paris 1656–1746 Paris)

Date: 1724

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: Unframed: 36 1/4 × 28 15/16 in. (92 × 73.5 cm)
Framed: 42 1/16 × 34 15/16 in., 634.86oz. (106.8 × 88.7 cm, 18 kg)

Classification: Paintings

Credit Line: Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Braunschweig, Kunstmuseum des Landes Niedersachsen [Lower Saxony State Museum of Art] (GG 521)

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