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Portrait of Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans, Duchess of Modena as Hebe (c. 1720), Attributed to Pierre Gobert (French, 1662-1744), oil on canvas, 120 × 90 cm, Palace of Versailles, Versailles

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Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Rheinfels, Duchess of Condé (1714-1741) The 3d portrait also depicts Caroline of Hesse-Rheinfels – according to Nicole Garnier-Pelle (1995), a former hypothesis was that it was Charlotte Elisabeth Godefried de Rohan, Princess of Condé (1737-1760), a wife of Caroline's son Attributed to Pierre Gobert (1662-1744, French)

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Attributed to Pierre Gobert (b.1662 - d.1744), 'Portrait of a Lady as la source', oil on canvas, no date (18th century), French, currently in the collection of the Louvre, Paris, France.

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MARIE-LOUISE-ÉLISABETH OF ORLÉANS

(born 1695 - died 1719)

pictured above is a portrait of the Dowager Duchess of Berry, a copy by Auguste de Châtillon from 1838, after a portrait attributed to Pierre Gobert from the 18th century

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SERIES - On this day August Edition: Marie-Louise-Élisabeth was born on 20 August 1695.

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MARIE-LOUISE-ÉLISABETH was born on 20 August 1695, at the Palace of Versailles. She was the second child of Philippe II, Duke of Orléans and Françoise-Marie of Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Blois.

Having been born into the HOUSE OF ORLÉANS and as a legitimised maternal granddaughter of Louis XIV, King of France, she was a member of the French Royal Family.

As the eldest surviving daughter of the Duke of Orléans, from birth she was known as MADEMOISELLE D'ORLÉANS, having sometimes been called simply as Mademoiselle at the French Court.

When she was fourteen years old, in 1710, she was married to her cousin CHARLES, the Duke of Berry. He was the youngest son of Louis, (le Grand) Dauphin of France and Princess Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria.

After her wedding she became the DUCHESS OF BERRY but was known at Court as MADAME DE BERRY.

Around the time of her wedding King Louis XIV also gave her husband the Duchies of Alençon and Angoulême, and the County of Ponthieu as apanages. So she also became the DUCHESS OF ALENÇON, the DUCHESS OF ANGOULÊME and the COUNTESS OF PONTHIEU.

During their four years of marriage she got pregnant three times, but none of the children survived. Her husband died in 1714, a month before she gave birth to the last children.

Her husband died aged only 27 and left her as an eighteen-year-old widow and she officially became the DOWAGER DUCHESS OF BERRY.

She received Luxembourg Palace as her Parisian residence, a place where she held many parties and receptions.

In 1715 her maternal grandfather the King Louis XIV and was succeeded by her cousin the infant King Louis XV, with her father as Regent.

At the time of her grandfather's death she was pregnant for the first time after becoming a widow, giving birth to a shortly living girl in 1716.

The people and the press often criticized her "promiscuous" life. Her contemporary the philosopher Voltaire (born François-Marie Arouet) even suggested an incestuous relationship between her and her father, the Regent. And, because of this he was imprisoned at the Bastille for 11 months.

It is said that by 1716 she married secretly to SICAIRE ANTONIN ARMAND AUGUSTE NICOLAS, the Count of Rions, and he may have been the father of her last two children. His parents were Amé Balise of Aydie, Count of Benauges and Thérèse Diane of Bautru Nogent.

As her second wedding was morganatic, she never took her husband's name and continued to be known at Court as Madame de Berry, until her own death.

Though she continued to host lavish parties and never hid any of her pregnancies. In 1717 she even received Pyotr I (the Great), Emperor of all the Russias while heavily pregnant.

All of her pregnancies made her fat and decresead her health, and she died three months after her last childbirth in 1719, aged only 23, at her home the Château de la Muette, outside Paris.

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MARIE-LOUISE-ÉLISABETH and her first husband CHARLES had three children...

Mademoiselle de Berry - died aged two days;

Charles, Duke of Alençon - died aged twenty days; and

Marie Louise Élisabeth of Alençon - died aged one day.

With her secretly second husband ARMAND AUGUSTE she may have had two children...

an unnamed daughter - a nun; and

a stillborn daughter.

And she also had illegitimate children...

With an unknown man...

an unnamed daughter - died aged three days.

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Portrait of Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans, Duchess of Modena as Hebe (c.1720). Attributed to Pierre Gobert (French, 1662-1744). Oil on canvas. Palace of Versailles.

Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans was the Duchess of Modena and Reggio by marriage. She was the third daughter of Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, and of his wife, Françoise-Marie de Bourbon. Hebe is the Goddess of Eternal Youth as well as the Keeper of the Fountain of Youth.In some myths, she was the Cupbearer of the Gods. She was also sometimes said to be the Patron of Brides as well as the Goddess of Pardon and Forgiveness.

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Portrait of Louis XV with Two Dogs

Pierre Gobert (Attributed)

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Attributed to Pierre Gobert, Portrait of Louis XV with two dogs, 18th century, oil on canvas, Sotheby's

Click here to learn more about the Suite Life of Misse & Turlu, the King of France’s dogs

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Pierre Gobert and Studio (b.1662 - d.1744), 'Portrait of a Lady as the Source, attributed to Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine (b.1711 - d.1741), later Queen of Sardinia', oil on canvas, c.1730, French, for sale at Baptiste & Lente, Paris, France.

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Attributed to Pierre Gobert (b.1662 - d.1744), 'Portrait of a Lady*', oil on canvas, no date (1700s), French, for sale for 22,000 EUR at Galerie William Diximus; Saint-Ouen, France.

*The Galerie suggests that the portrait above is of Anne Marguerite Gabrielle (1707-1792), Princess de Beauvau-Craon as Hebe.

However, there are no indications that the sitter above is representing Hebe (symbols of Hebe being an eagle - representative of Zeus - and a cup and ewer); and that also, another work with the exact same description that does have the classic ‘Hebe’ elements was sold at Sothebys directly from the collection of Prince Marc de Beauvau-Craon in 2017 (see image 2).

Whilst the sitter in the Sothebys portrait bears a good resemblance to that at Galerie Diximus, I believe more study is required.

+ Attributed to Pierre Gobert & Studio (b.1662 - d.1744), ‘Portrait of Princess de Beauvau-Craon, probably Anne Marguerite Gabrielle (1707-1792), as Hebe’, oil on canvas, no date (1700s), French, sold for 30,000 EUR at Sotheby's 'Collection du Prince Marc de Beauvau-Craon', September 2017; Paris, France.

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Attributed to Pierre Gobert (b.1662 - d.1744), 'Portrait of a Child with a Dog', oil on canvas, no date (1600s?), French, sold by Olivier d'Ythurbide Antiques; Paris, France.

Formerly in the collection of the Comte and Comtesse d'Espies of Chateau de Montpatey, Couches.