KRAEMER GALLERY WORKS OF ART 

Louis XIV repoussé leather picture
representing King Louis XIV’s bust in profile,
wearing a ceremonial armour-plate

103 cm. High = 40 ½ inches
91 cm. Wide = 35 ¾ inches
Usual restorations and maintenance.

Comparable examples:
– Collections of the de Ganay family at the Château de Courances
– Château de Versailles: Medallion depicting Louis XIV in embossed leather (inv. MV 8603)

King Louis XIV is depicted in an oval medallion bordered by quenouilles and pearl motifs.

The medallion is set within a rectangular wooden frame covered in leather, with raised scrollwork projecting from the background at each of its four corners.