# Portrait of the Young Louis XIII [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [LIMOSIN, Jean]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Painted enamel on copper with foil, green canvas, 8 x 6 cm ## Commentary Portrait of the Young Louis XIII c. 1615 Painted enamel on copper with foil, green canvas, 8 x 6 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris An ensemble of these small portraits has been preserved. They portrayed the new king, sometimes with a pendant of his young wife, Anne of Austria. They appeared on sundry luxury items, such as mirrors and enamelled salt cellars. This one in fact adorns the back of a toilette mirror. ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()