Louis Carrogis, called Carmontelle (1717-1806)

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Louis Carrogis, called Carmontelle (1717-1806)

The Baron de Tayllerand, in a landscape

with inscriptions 'M.^r Le Baron de Taleyrand.' and '389' on the mount; black lead, red chalk, watercolour, watermark Villedary
308 x 176mm.

Provenance

Louis Carrogis de Carmontelle, Paris, 17 April 1807, part of lot 22
Chevalier Richard de Lédans, Paris, 3 Nov. 1816 Pierre de La Mésangère, Paris, 18 July 1831, part of lot 304, purchased by John Duff; and thence by inheritance

Literature

R. de Lédans, Catalogue des Portraits dessinés et peints par Louis Carrogis de Carmontelle, Paris, 1807, manuscript p. 89, no. 323, as part of the album IX

Lot Essay

Louis-Anne Marie Baron de Talleyrand was the uncle of the famous Prince de Talleyrand. He was an army officer who became Maréchal de Camp in 1781 and was sent as ambassador to Naples in 1788. He died in 1789. Mme. de Genlis described him in her Memoirs 'having very good looks but he was heavy in his conversation and not amiable'. A portrait of his wife (fig.2), the niece of Minister Calonne, and one of his brother are at Chantilly

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