Title: Préparation for a Portrait of Louis XV (1710-1774)
Object type: Drawing
Date: ca.1745
Artist:  Maurice Quentin de La Tour 
Artist bio: French, Saint-Quentin 1704–1788 Saint-Quentin
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Pastel on blue paper, arched top
Dimensions: sheet (original sheet): 12 7/8 x 9 7/16 in. (32.7 x 24 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Gift of Mary Tavener Holmes, in honor of Donald Posner, 2005
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Kings, term: Men, term: Portraits