Jacques Guillaume VAN BLARENBERGHE 

Walk the royal family in the park of Versailles 

Around 1745 

Oil on canvas (except frame: H. 22 cm, L. 28 cm) 

Exceptional representation treated in miniature quality, presenting a young marmot showman distracting the court in a grove called “Jardin du Roi” at the Grand Trianon of Versailles. 

Provenance: Princess of Faucigny-Lucinge, born of Choiseul-Gouffier, great-granddaughter of Count de Choiseul (provenance label on the back) 

Catalog Raisonné: This work is illustrated in the “Catalog raisonné of the works of Van Blarenberghe” – n ° 1-614-1, page 95 (Monique Maillet-Chassage and Irene de Chateau-Thierry – Ed Soprepart, 2004)