Court babies all dressed up. They’d have to have been, they all lived at Versailles. François-Hubert Drouais, painter. Living from 1727 to 1775, he was was a leading French portrait painter during the latter years of Louis XV’s reign.

The Duke of Berry and the Count of Provence as Children. 1757. French. Oil on canvas. François-Hubert Drouais, painter (1727-1775). Signed and dated “Drouais, Le fils, 1757”. Collections of the São Paulo Museum of Art, Brazil. Artwork itself is in the public domain because the artist died over 100 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fran%C3%A7ois_hubert_drouais_-_duque_berry_conde_proven%C3%A7a.jpg#mw-jump-to-license

Le comte d’Artois et sa sœur Madame Clotilde. 1763. French. Oil on canvas. François-Hubert Drouais, painter (1727-1775). Collections of the Louvre, Paris. Image source:http://iamachild.wordpress.com/category/drouais-francois-hubert/. Artwork itself in the public domain because the artist died over 100 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Le_comte_d’Artois_et_sa_s%C5%93ur_Madame_Clotilde.jpg and also here https://www.instagram.com/p/C__h9BGIRR6/?hl=en

Two little princes playing with a cat and a canary, canvas, wooden frame and gilded stucco in Louis XVI style, with pediment emblazoned with fleurs-de-lis. 18th century. Attributed to François-Hubert Drouais, painter (1727-1775). Image © La Gazette Drouot 2024
. Fair use license. via https://www.gazette-drouot.com/article/un-jeu-d-enfants/49754

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