ANTOINE-CLAUDE FLEURY (FRENCH, FL. C. 1790-1822)

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ANTOINE-CLAUDE FLEURY (FRENCH, FL. C. 1790-1822)
General Baron Thouvenot (1757-1817), standing by a cannon and pointing towards the distance with his right hand, his left hand resting on his sword, in gold-embroidered blue uniform with gold epaulettes and white silk waistcoat with gilt-copper belt
signed and dated 'Fleury 1793' (lower right)
on ivory
2 13/16 in. (71 mm.) diam., octagonal gilt-metal frame

Provenance

André Lévi Collection, in 1935.
Christie's, Geneva, 16 May 1995, lot 136.
with D. S. Lavender (Antiques) Ltd., London, in 1995.

Literature

N. Lemoine-Bouchard, Les Peintres en miniature 1650-1850, Paris, 2008, p. 238.

Exhibited

Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Deux siècles de gloire militaire 1610-1814, 1935, no. 657.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Baron Pierre Thouvenot commanded the Belgian Artillery in 1792 and became chef d'état-major of the Dutch Army in 1793. In 1801 he was chef de brigade in Santo Domingo and served subsequently in Germany and Spain. He retired in 1815.

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