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拍品專文
During his lifetime, Trinquesse gained a reputation as a portraitist, counting among his clients aristocrats, artists, men of letters and architects. The artist made many designs for engraved medallion portraits.
Louis-Michel Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau (1760-1793) was a liberal aristocratic who fought to abolish slavery and the death penalty. He was a successful criminal lawyer and in 1790 was appointed president of the Assemblé Constituante. Three years later, in 1793, the day before King Louis XVI’s death, Le Peletier was assassinated at the Fevrier restaurant in the Palais Royal, in a botched assassination attempt on the Duc d'Orléans. His funeral procession went through the streets of Paris, and his body lay in repose on a pedestal in the Place Vendôme. The artist Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) was involved in the preparations for the funeral.
As a result of this tragedy, Le Peletier became one of the martyrs and icons of the Revolution. In a now-lost painting David depicted Le Peletier’s dead body half-draped with the assassin’s sword hanging above him dripping with blood. Trinquesse's sensitive portrait shows an image of a noble and serene character in his prime before his untimely death at the age of thirty-three.
Louis-Michel Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau (1760-1793) was a liberal aristocratic who fought to abolish slavery and the death penalty. He was a successful criminal lawyer and in 1790 was appointed president of the Assemblé Constituante. Three years later, in 1793, the day before King Louis XVI’s death, Le Peletier was assassinated at the Fevrier restaurant in the Palais Royal, in a botched assassination attempt on the Duc d'Orléans. His funeral procession went through the streets of Paris, and his body lay in repose on a pedestal in the Place Vendôme. The artist Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) was involved in the preparations for the funeral.
As a result of this tragedy, Le Peletier became one of the martyrs and icons of the Revolution. In a now-lost painting David depicted Le Peletier’s dead body half-draped with the assassin’s sword hanging above him dripping with blood. Trinquesse's sensitive portrait shows an image of a noble and serene character in his prime before his untimely death at the age of thirty-three.