Enamel miniatures by the Swiss artist Jean Petitot the Elder have always been considered at the height of the art of enamel painting and in the 18th century enamellers such as Pierre Pasquier produced copies of his works. Pasquier purchased an enamel miniature of King Louis XIV by Petitot at the sale of the collection of the banker Cottin on 27 November 1752 (and following days) at Helle & Glomy, salles des Grands Augustins, Paris, lot 564. Other bidders at the sale included the Swiss enameller Jean-Etienne Liotard and Madame de Pompadour who purchased a miniature of King Louis XIV (see B. Hofstetter, Die Welt der Bildnisminiatur, Bern / Sulgen, 2008, p. 108).