Louis TOCQUE (1696-1772) & Jean-George WILLE (1715-1807), after Portrait of Louis III Phélypeaux, comte de Saint-Florentin, marquis then duc de La Vrillière. Black engraving. 19th century. 49 x 34.5 cm on view Wear, small accidents to the frame. Note: Son of Louis Phélypeaux (1672-1725), Marquis de La Vrillière and Françoise de Mailly-Nesle (1688-1742), Louis III Phélypeaux (1705-1777) distinguished himself in politics under the reign of King Louis XV by becoming Secretary of State for the Allegedly Reformed Religion, Chancellor to the Queen, Secretary of State for the King's Household, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and above all Minister of State in 1761. Related work: Louis Tocqué (1696-1772), Portrait de Louis III Phélypeaux, comte de Saint-Florentin, 1748, oil on canvas, Marseille, Palais Longchamp, num. inv. BA 231.