Joseph Pellerin (1684–1783) was a French Intendant-General of the Navy, first Commissioner of the Navy as well as a celebrated numismatic pioneer.
Pellerin at 98 years of age
Pellerin surrounded by some of his coins
Louis Alexandre, Count of Toulouse
Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, a legitimated prince of the blood royal, was the son of Louis XIV and of his mistress Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan. At the age of five, he became grand admiral of France.
Toulouse by Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1708
Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, by François de Troy, c. 1690s
Portrait of Louis Alexandre, by Hyacinthe Rigaud, c. 1690
The Count of Toulouse, by the workshop of Hyacinthe Rigaud, c. 1708