Lot n° 304
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Anne-Louis GIRODET de ROUCY -TRIOSON - Lot 304
Anne-Louis GIRODET de ROUCY -TRIOSON
(Montargis, 1767- Paris, 1824)
Portrait of Nathalie-Victurnienne de Beauvau-Craon,
marquise de la Grange (1797 - 1852)
Original Belot canvas
H. 146.5 cm x L. 113.5 cm
In its original period wood and gilded stucco frame.
period.
Provenance :
- Model's family in direct line; then by descent;
- Private collection, Aquitaine.
Born in 1797, Nathalie-Victurnienne was the daughter of Prince Marc_x0002_Étienne de Beauvau-Craon and Nathalie-Henriette de Rochechouart
de Mortemart, lady of the palace of Empress Marie-Louise. In
1820, she married Auguste-François Le Lièvre, marquis de La Grange,
colonel of the 1er régiment de chasseurs à cheval. This colossal portrait,
probably exhibited at the 1824 Salon under number 775, is considered
considered to be Girodet's last work, left unfinished at his death.
unfinished at the time of his death. It depicts the marquise dressed in a midnight-blue velvet gown,
belted with a matching scarf and wearing a turban of the same fabric.
A sumptuous mink coat rests on her shoulders, adding a luxurious
a touch of luxury to the composition.
Girodet, fascinated by the Orient, incorporates Orientalist elements here,
notably the turban, reflecting the exotic fashions of the time.
A penchant for the Orient is also evident in many of the artist's
other works by the artist.
Exhibition:
Probably Paris, Salon de 1824, no. 775.
Bibliography :
Etienne-Jean Delécluze, Journal de Delécluze : 1824-1828, Paris,
Grasset, 1948, p.170 (letter dated March 29, 1825).
Pierre-Alexandre Coupin, Œuvres posthumes de Girodet Trioson,
1829, I, p. LXij.
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