Joseph Jean VAUDECHAMP (1790-1866).
Portrait of François Denis Henri Albert de la Rochefoucauld Bayers, in the uniform of Captain of the Regiment des Chasseurs à Cheval de la Garde Royale, wearing the decorations of Knight of the Legion of Honor and Saint Ferdinand of Spain 1st Class.
Oil on canvas signed and dated 1826 lower left (some restoration).
131 x 96 cm on view
Original frame (missing and damaged) surmounted by the polychrome coat of arms of the La Rochefoucauld family under a comtal crown.
Related work :
- By the same artist: Portrait of Antoine Jacques Philippe de Marigny de Mandeville in his uniform as an officer of the New Orleans lancers of the Louisiana militia.
François Denis Henri Albert de la Rochefoucauld (1799-1854), Baron de Bayers.
In 1827, he was listed as Captain-Aide-Major of the Royal Guard mounted chasseurs.
Unfortunately, his Legion of Honor file is very incomplete.
Our man wears the uniform of the Royal Guard mounted chasseurs, with his colback at his side. The saber is an officer's model 1822 light cavalry saber. The giberne band, with silver passementerie braid and black fillets, is adorned with the royal grenade and crown in gilded brass.
The gold epaulets are those of a captain. He wears the distinctive aiguillette of the Royal Guard.
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