Lot Essay
Little is known of Claude Boucher, 'Peintre du Roy en mignature, aux Gobelins', and engraver who died on 4 June 1756.
It is fitting that the three castles represented, Rambouillet shown twice, Anet and Sceaux, were all possessions of the Bourbon family, as the first owner of these miniatures was Louise-Henriette de Bourbon (1726-1759), Duchesse d'Orléans. She allegedly presented them to Louis-Claude Dupin de Francueil (1715-1786), a fermier-général, famous for his liaisons, most notably with Madame d'Epinay and Mademoiselle de Verrières.
It is fitting that the three castles represented, Rambouillet shown twice, Anet and Sceaux, were all possessions of the Bourbon family, as the first owner of these miniatures was Louise-Henriette de Bourbon (1726-1759), Duchesse d'Orléans. She allegedly presented them to Louis-Claude Dupin de Francueil (1715-1786), a fermier-général, famous for his liaisons, most notably with Madame d'Epinay and Mademoiselle de Verrières.