Help!!

[Struan Gray]

I'd guess Louis XIII of France from the face, but can't place the actual painting.

The pose and general style of portrait was very common all over Europe. I've seen versions showing Louis XIII, James II of England, Charles XI of Sweden and many, many more (see the Earl of Strafford for a non-king) The marshal's baton suggests an aristocrat, but that doesn't narrow the field much. The all-black armour and the lace cuff say first half of the C17th rather than the late C16th, which also fits with the moustache.

Louis XIII looked like that, and most of the pictures have a French Connection. But Google at least doesn't have that portrait. The cuff would cinch it for anyone who's seen the actual painting.

[Ash]

Yea, the body could be anyone's. The neg isn't reversed, but most paintings I'd found have the white going over the other shoulder.


It appears to be a variation of this... http://www.baroque-in-art.org/King-Louis-XIII-1655.html