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Le Comte de Vaudreuil

Drouais, François Hubert
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Alternative Title
The Marquis de Vaudreuil
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/23017
Description
The portrait was probably exhibited at the Salon in 1759. The sitter, the Comte de Vaudreuil, (1740 - 1817), son of the Governor of Santo Domingo, a French colony in the West Indies, is represented at the age of 18. His origins are stressed in the painting, which is unusual in showing the sitter holding out a map hanging on the wall, as he points to the place of his birth. The armour on the square of parquet at his feet, contrasting with the elegance of the chair and the costume, indicates military ambitions and the map in the background represents Germany, where Vaudreuil acted as aide-de-camp to the French commander during the Seven Years' War. (National Gallery, London, website, 10/21/2003)
 
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Type of Work
Oil painting
Subject
Germany, Maps, MALE--PORTRAITS, Body armor, Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), Breeches (trousers), West Indies, Powdered wigs, Standing, Painting, French --18th century
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