Marquis de Belbeuf (1791-1872) and his wife Claudine (1799-1846 or 1802-1842); he, facing right in ermine-bordered red cloak, black jacket and white bands; she, facing left in red velvet dress with pleated bodice, scalloped lace-bordered underdress, white gloves, her fair hair upswept in an Apollo knot and ringlets

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CHARLES ANTOINE CLAUDE BERNY D'OUVILLE (1775-1842)
Marquis de Belbeuf (1791-1872) and his wife Claudine (1799-1846 or 1802-1842); he, facing right in ermine-bordered red cloak, black jacket and white bands; she, facing left in red velvet dress with pleated bodice, scalloped lace-bordered underdress, white gloves, her fair hair upswept in an Apollo knot and ringlets
the latter signed 'Ch.es Berny.' (lower left)
both rectangular, he 5½ x 4 in. (140 x 102 mm.), and she 4 13/16 x 3 13/16 in. (122 x 97 mm.), respectively, gilt-wood frames with palmette spandrels (2)

Provenance

By descent in the family of the sitters.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Louis-Pierre Joseph Godart de Belbeuf, marquis de Belbeuf, was First President of the Cour d'Appel of Lyons, and a Peer of France. He married Claudine Béatrix Terray, daughter of Claude Hippolyte Terray and his wife Claire (see lot 124), on 14 May 1821.
We are indebted to Mr Franck Gérard, agent de conservation at the Château de La Motte-Tilly, for his assistance in the cataloguing of the present lot.

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