JEAN-BAPTISTE JACQUES AUGUSTIN (FRENCH, 1759-1832)

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JEAN-BAPTISTE JACQUES AUGUSTIN (FRENCH, 1759-1832)
Louis Alexandre Berthier, 1st Prince of Wagram, 1st Duke of Valangin and 1st Sovereign Prince of Neuchâtel (1753-1815), in blue coat embroidered with gold oak leaves, gold epaulettes, white stock, wearing the red moiré sash and Grand Cross breast-star of the Grand Eagle of the Imperial French Order of the Legion of Honour and the insignia of a Grand Dignitary of the Order of the Iron Cross of Italy
Signed and dated ‘Augustin 1810’ (mid-left)
On ivory
Oval, 30 mm. high, gilt-metal frame, mounted on a claret red velvet panel within rectangular wood frame, the inner gilt-metal mount stamped with acanthus leaves

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Lot Essay

The sitter was a Marshal of France and was created Duke of Valengin in 1806 and Vice-Constable of the Empire in 1807. He was given the title of Prince of Wagram in 1809 following his service to Napoleon during the Peninsular War. He had entered the Army at a young age and served during the American Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic Wars.
We are indebted to Dr Dimitry Gorchkoff for identifying the present sitter on the basis of a photograph.

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