Title: Presumed Portrait

Artist: Jacques Wilbaut

Title: Presumed Portrait of the Duc de Choiseul and Two Companions Date: About 1775 Artist: Jacques Wilbaut (French, 1729–1806) Medium: Oil on canvas Description: The man on the left may be the duc de Choiseul, Louis XV’s most important minister. The other on the right has been identified as a close friend and advisor, the abbé Barthélemy, curator of the king’s antiquities. The woman is believed to be Choiseul’s favorite sister, Madame de Gramont.