Rosalba Carriera’s Portrait of Louis XV as a Child Joins the Collections at the Château de Versailles
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One of the institution's latest acquisitions is a portrait of the young Louis XV by the 'Venetian Queen' of pastels, Rosalba Carriera (1673-1757). This La Gazette exclusive bears witness to an active acquisition policy in the graphic arts. Rosalba Carriera (1675-1757), Portrait de Louis XV enfant (Portrait of Louis XV as a Child), 1720, pastel on paper pasted on linen canvas.© Château de Versailles / Christophe Fouin Until a few months ago, visitors to an extraordinary château, owned by a family that did a great deal for Versailles, could admire an impressive pastel by Rosalba Carriera (1673-1757), the “Queen of Venice”. But to
