French school of the first half of the 19th century,... Lot 49

French school of the first half of the 19th century, workshop of Robert Lefevre Portrait of the Comte d'Artois, future Charles X. Original canvas, in a Restoration-period oval wood and gilded stucco frame with palmettes. Height : 65 cm Width : 53 cm Old label on the reverse, with an inscription on the reverse of the frame 'Le male et La duchesse de Coigny'. Provenance : according to an inscription on the back of the frame: former collection of the Maréchal and the Maréchale, Duchesse de Coigny, from the sale of the Château de Laval in Reilhaguet. History: Marie François Henri de Franquetot, Duc de Coigny (1737-1821), from a French military family, was elevated to the rank of Pair de France in 1814 by King Louis XVIII and appointed Governor of the Hôtel Royal des Invalides.