Lot Essay
The backing paper in inscribed 'Gédéon Cte de Calmesnil Mort le 15 may 1801 âge de 55 ans 4 jours '.
Count Gédéon de Calmesnil, facing right in grey coat, blue waistcoat and tied cravat, powdered hair, wearing the badge of the French Royal Military Order of Saint-Louis
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FLEURIAU (fl. c. 1800)
Count Gédéon de Calmesnil, facing right in grey coat, blue waistcoat and tied cravat, powdered hair, wearing the badge of the French Royal Military Order of Saint-Louis
signed 'Fleuriau' (lower right)
rectangular, 26 x 26 in. (65 x 61 mm.), gilt-metal mount
Count Gédéon de Calmesnil, facing right in grey coat, blue waistcoat and tied cravat, powdered hair, wearing the badge of the French Royal Military Order of Saint-Louis
signed 'Fleuriau' (lower right)
rectangular, 26 x 26 in. (65 x 61 mm.), gilt-metal mount
Provenance
The Estate of Countess D. de C., sold Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 1 December 1975, lot 38.