Talk:Louis Le Vau

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Portraits of Louis Le Vau
The portrait of Louis Le Vau published by Devêche (see File:Louis Le Vau - Devêche 1981 p3.jpg) shows a man who closely resembles the sitter in the portrait from Versailles (see File:Louis Le Vau.jpg), just younger and thinner. Note the similarity of eyebrows, nose, mouth, cleft chin, and even the pencil-thin mustache and the hairstyle. The depiction in the background of the portrait from Versailles of the north pavilion of the Petite Galerie as built in 1661 is also more consistent with Louis Le Vau. It is generally believed that Le Vau designed this structure after the fire of 1 February 1661, to replace the portion of the Louvre that was destroyed. Rabon's portrait of Ratabon was presented at the Salon of 3 July 1660, i.e., it was painted before the fire. It seems to me that Albert Laprade was probably correct to identify the subject as Le Vau. --Robert.Allen (talk) 06:40, 16 July 2015 (UTC)