GOBERT PIERRE: (1662-1744) French portrait painter, the preferred painter of the great ladies of the court during the reign of King Louis XIV. D.S., Gobert, one page (vellum), oblong 8vo, n.p. (Paris), 30^th January 1705, in French. The manuscript document is issued by Gobert in his capacity as painter-in-ordinary to the King and his academy and acknowledges receipt of the sum of fifty pounds from an un-named individual in payment for the first six months of the current year, and making reference to an earlier payment of one hundred pounds that had been made on 16^th April 1703. Signed by Gobert at the foot and also bearing two countersignatures. With an official circular stamp to the head. Some light staining and minor age wear and one small hole. About VG