Le Comte de Vaudreuil

Drouais, François Hubert

dc.creator	Drouais, François Hubert	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2007-11-19T17:30:53Z
dc.date.available	2007-11-19T17:30:53Z
dc.identifier	028437	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/23017	en_US
dc.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)	en_US
dc.description	full view	en_US
dc.format.extent	225.4 x 161.3 cm (88.74 x 63.5 inches)	en_US
dc.format.medium	oil paint	en_US
dc.format.medium	canvas	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	121019	en_US
dc.subject	Germany	en_US
dc.subject	Maps	en_US
dc.subject	MALE--PORTRAITS	en_US
dc.subject	Body armor	en_US
dc.subject	Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)	en_US
dc.subject	Breeches (trousers)	en_US
dc.subject	West Indies	en_US
dc.subject	Powdered wigs	en_US
dc.subject	Standing	en_US
dc.subject	Painting, French --18th century	en_US
dc.title	Le Comte de Vaudreuil	en_US
dc.title.alternative	The Marquis de Vaudreuil	en_US
dc.type	Image	en_US
dc.rights.access	All rights reserved	en_US
dc.publisher.institution	Repository: National Gallery (London, England) ID: NG4253	en_US
vra.culturalContext	French	en_US
vra.technique	painting (image-making)	en_US
vra.worktype	Oil painting	en_US
dc.contributor.display	painter: François Hubert Drouais (French, 1727-1775)	en_US