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With his gentle landscapes and richly-coloured but unthreatening scenes from history, the paintings of the short-lived Bonington were entirely compatible with the tastes of the 4th Marquess of Hertford, and he became one of the Marquess’s favourite artists. This scene probably shows Anne of Austria with her young son Louis XIV who became King of France at the age of five. The return of the Bourbon kings after the fall of Napoleon in 1815 provided a contemporary relevance for paintings with subjects of this kind.

The Wallace Collection

London

Title

Child at Prayer

Date

c.1827

Medium

oil on millboard

Measurements

H 35.9 x W 27.9 cm

Accession number

P270

Acquisition method

acquired by Richard Seymour-Conway, 4th Marquess of Hertford, 1859; bequeathed to the nation by Lady Wallace, 1897

Work type

Painting

The Wallace Collection

Hertford House, Manchester Square, London, Greater London W1U 3BN England

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Artist or maker

Richard Parkes Bonington

1802–1828

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