CHARLES HÉNARD (FRENCH, C. 1757 - AFTER 1808)

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CHARLES HÉNARD (FRENCH, C. 1757 - AFTER 1808)
Hercule-Philippe-Étienne de Baschi, Count of Cayla (1747-1826) in uniform, in silver-embroidered blue coat with silver epaulette, fur trim, white waistcoat and black stock, wearing the badge of the Royal French Military Order of St Louis
on ivory
oval, 3 3/8 in. (85 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount

The moiré silk peppermint reverse with trade label for Romain Barillier, Dorure, Encadrements, Papeterie, Paris.

Provenance

Christie's, Geneva, 17 November 1992, lot 467 (unillustrated, the sitter unknown, then in a gilt-wood frame).

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The sitter was a Marshall of France in the Royalist army and was made a Peer of France by King Louis XVIII.
We are indebted to Dr Dimitri Gorchkoff for providing the identification of the sitter on the basis of a photograph.

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