CIRCA 1820, SIGNED JIE LIÈNARD

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A Paris ormolu-mounted oval portrait plaque of Duroc
Circa 1820, signed Jie Liènard
Painted by J. Liènard, quarter-length and turned to his right, wearing a blue military uniform with the badge and cross of the French Legion of Honour, the reverse inscribed in black with Duroc. a facsimile of his signature né à Pont à Mousson en 1772. tué à Wurtschen le 22 mai 1813., in an oval ormolu frame
The plaque 57/8 in. (14.8 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

Géraud-Christophe-Michel Duroc, (1772-1813) French General and duc de Frioul, was born into a military family. After the 1797 Egyptian campaign he was made governor of the Palais des Tuileries in 1800. He was then created duc de Frioul (November 1808) and a Senator (April 1813) shortly after fighting in the Russian campaign.

He was at Napoleon's side in the battles of Lutzen and Wurtzen (20th and 21st May 1813) and a day later he received a fatal wound at Mackersdorff. He was burried at the Palais des Invalides.

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