"Portrait of le comte Legrand" Topic
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| Seroga | 02 Sep 2012 6:06 p.m. PST |
In the collection of the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek is an engraving of a portrait of the French général de division comte Claude-Juste-Alexandre-Louis Legrand (1762 † 1815) Here is their digital catalog entry, and a rather low-definition scan of the engraving link The catalog entry is really sparse on detail. The engraving, or at least its style, seem quite familar to me, but I can't seem to find it. The engraving in not the same as the portrait by Tardieu engraved by Normand for the portraits set in "Victoires, conquêtes, ….", nor is it a direct copy of the 1810 full length portrait painted in oils by the baron Gros. Can any colleague here identify the source for the engraving, the artist, engraver or publication/printing information?
Thank you in advance for any help! |
| Ed von HesseFedora | 02 Sep 2012 6:14 p.m. PST |
Looks like one of the engravings under direction of Ambroise Tardieu BDP
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| Ed von HesseFedora | 02 Sep 2012 6:19 p.m. PST |
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| Seroga | 02 Sep 2012 6:24 p.m. PST |
Dear Ed, The Tardieu (the artist, actually) was earlier – note the dog's ears hairstyle and smaller set of decorations and ordrers, judging by which I would place it in ~1806. It is more possible that the ÖNB engraving is after the Gros painting, but I think perhaps not. I could not tell for sure from the low-def scan, which was one of the reasons that I am asking here.
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| Oliver Schmidt | 02 Sep 2012 10:26 p.m. PST |
Someone who has been unnecessarily banned from this forum, has asked me to post this link here: useful link |
| Seroga | 02 Sep 2012 11:02 p.m. PST |
Oliver, as someone who also been, I think, unnecssarily banned from another forum, I thank you and my benefactor! I "knew" I had seen this style before somewhere! Thanks again! |
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