1662-1744  Related Paintings of Circle of Pierre Gobert :. | Portrait Marie Anne de Bourbon as Princess of Conti | Portrait of King Louis XV of France as child | princesse de Conti | Portrait of a Bride with Flowers | Portrait of Leopold Clement Hereditary Prince of Lorraine |
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