[Marie-Josèphe de SAXE]. LOUIS XV. Signed (secretary's hand) - Lot 163

[Marie-Josèphe de SAXE]. LOUIS XV. Signed (secretary's hand). Versailles, January 14, 1747. Approximately 27 x 47 cm. Framed. Unframed. Countersigned by Phélypeaux and the Comte du Muy. Ordonnance de retenue de Louis XV pour Antoine Le Bel à la charge de coureur de vin, au service de sa fille la Dauphine, c'est-à-dire Marie-Josèphe de SAXE (1731-1767). A few days later, she would marry the Dauphin Louis de France, eldest son of Louis XV. "First Maître d'Hôtel to our dearest and most beloved daughter the Dauphine [...]. Voulant remplir les charges de la maison de notre demoiselle fille de personnes capables [...] retenons en la charge d'un des coureurs de vin [...]". A coureur de vin was an officer of the King's household who carried wine wherever his master went, in this case, his mistress. Interesting document. A second framed document dated 1711 is attached. MLL