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Largillière, Nicolas de: Self-Portrait Largillière, Nicolas de: Allegorical Portrait French dress of the Louis XIV period: male attire of long coat with wide, turned-back sleeves, waistcoat, lace cravat, tight-fitting breeches, and periwig. Louis XIV and His Family, oil painting by Nicolas de Largillière, 1711; in the Wallace Collection, London.
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Baptized October 10, 1656
Died March 20, 1746 • Paris • France

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Largillière, Nicolas de: Self-Portrait
Largillière, Nicolas de: Allegorical Portrait
French dress of the Louis XIV period: male attire of long coat with wide, turned-back sleeves, waistcoat, lace cravat, tight-fitting breeches, and periwig. Louis XIV and His Family, oil painting by Nicolas de Largillière, 1711; in the Wallace Collection, London.
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