Portrait of Henri de la Rochejaquelein
| Portrait of Henri de la Rochejaquelein | |
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| Artist | Pierre-Narcisse Guérin |
| Year | 1816 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, portrait painting |
| Dimensions | 216 cm × 142 cm (85 in × 56 in) |
| Location | Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Cholet |
Portrait of Henri de la Rochejaquelein is an 1816 portrait painting by the French artist Pierre-Narcisse Guérin.[1] It is a posthumous portrait of Henri de la Rochejaquelein, a leader of Royalist forces the War in the Vendée who had been killed in 1794 at the age of 21. He is shown leading troops in action with the Royalist banner behind him. He wears the Sacré Coeur on his lapel.[2]
The work was commissioned for the collection of Louis XVIII at the Château de Saint-Cloud. It was part of a group of paintings commissioned from various artists following the Bourbon Restoration depicting the of Royalist martyrs of the French Revolution. It was exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1817 at the Louvre.[3] Part the collection of the Musée de l'Histoire de France, it is now in the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire de Cholet.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ French Painting 1774-1830, the Age of Revolution. Wayne State University Press, 1975. p.95
- ^ Jonas p.108
- ^ https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010432661
- ^ https://pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/joconde/000PE013108
Bibliography
[edit]- Eitner, Lorenz. An Outline Of 19th Century European Painting: From David Through Cezanne. Routledge, 2021.
- Jonas, Raymond. France and the Cult of the Sacred Heart: An Epic Tale for Modern Times. University of California Press, 2000.
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