"Portrait Of Marie-adelaïde Of Savoy, Duchess Of Burgundy"
Portrait of Marie-Adelaïde de Savoie, Duchess of Burgundy. Oil on canvas 40 x 32 cm. Louis XIV period frame in wood carved with flowers gilded with gold leaf 62.5 x 45 cm. Marie-Adélaïde de Savoie, born at the royal palace of Turin on December 6, 1685 and died at the Palace of Versailles on February 12, 1712, is a princess of the House of Savoy. She was Duchess of Burgundy through her marriage to Louis of France, then dauphine of France. She is the mother of the Duke of Anjou, future king of France, who will succeed Louis XIV under the name Louis XV.