Louis-Philippe-Joseph of Orléans, Duke of Chartres (1747-1793), in pink coat and white lace jabot, wearing the blue moiré sash of the Royal French Order of the Holy Ghost, powdered short wig with black wig-bag

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PIERRE ADOLPHE HALL (FRANCO-SWEDISH, 1739-1793)
Louis-Philippe-Joseph of Orléans, Duke of Chartres (1747-1793), in pink coat and white lace jabot, wearing the blue moiré sash of the Royal French Order of the Holy Ghost, powdered short wig with black wig-bag
signed 'hall.' (lower left)
oval, 1 1/8 in. (28 mm.) high, reeded gold mount, set on the lid of a circular blonde tortoiseshell bonbonnière with stamped gold mounts and decorated with a pattern of two-colour gold piqué-posé of lilies surmounted by arches

Provenance

Sotheby's, Geneva, 11 November 1981, lot 246 (sitter unidentified).

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Lot Essay

Louis-Philippe-Joseph, Duke of Montpensier from birth until 1752, Duke of Chartres 1752-1785 and Duke of Orléans from 1785, espoused the cause of the French Revolution and assumed the name of Philippe-Egalité. He voted for the death of his cousin King Louis XVI but was beheaded himself on 6 November 1793. He was the father of Louis-Philippe, King of the French, 1830-1848.
The present miniature must be among Hall's first works painted for the French Royal family. For further information on Hall, see R. de Plinval de Guillebon, Pierre-Adolphe Hall, 1739-1793, Paris, 2000.

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