FRANÇOIS ALBERT STIEMART (1680-1740) AND HIS STUDIO Portrait of Marie Leszczinska, Queen of France (1703-1768) Canvas (upper corners formerly scalloped) 196 x 150 cm (Old restorations) Several versions of this composition are known and are kept at the Château de Versailles (206.5 x 147 cm), another at Versailles, in the Grand Trianon, Midi building, salon de la chapelle (190.5 x 154.7 cm), and in Nancy, in the Musée historique Lorrain (156.5 x 127 cm). Another version is in the Palais Princier in Monaco. The Versailles painting was previously attributed to Jean-Baptiste Van Loo (1684-1745) and Pierre Gobert (1662-1744). Provenance : Former Caraman-Chimay collection European private collection