Charles Nicolas COCHIN
1688 - 1754
Decoration for the masked ball given by the king.. in Versailles for the wedding of Louis the heir apparent of France with Marie Thérèse infante of Spain the night of the 25th to 26th of February 1745
Etching and engraving after Charles Nicolas Cochin, the Younger
450 x 750 mm, great margins
Fine impression on laid paper
Reference: Inventaire du Fonds Français 309
Louis XV is disguised in yew and standed next to the right of Madame de Pompadour, the woman wearing a little straw hat. It’s the first meeting between the king and his future mistress.