Portrait of the Comte de Vaudreuil (Drouais)
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| Portrait of the Comte de Vaudreuil | |
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| Artist | François-Hubert Drouais |
| Year | 1758 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, portrait painting |
| Dimensions | 225.4 cm × 161.3 cm (88.7 in × 63.5 in) |
| Location | National Gallery, London |
Portrait of the Comte de Vaudreuil is an oil on canvas portrait painting by the French artist François-Hubert Drouais, from 1758.[1][2] It is held in the National Gallery, in London, having been acquired in 1927.[3]
It depicts the young aristocrat and soldier Joseph Hyacinthe François de Paule de Rigaud, Comte de Vaudreuil. The eighteen-year old came from the French colony of Saint-Domingue, in the Caribbean, where his father, the Marqis de Vaudreuil, served as governor. He is dressed in a very elegant attire, and his gloves and tricorn can be seen laid in the chair, behind him. The young nobleman is shown pointing at Saint-Domingue on a map.[4]
Vaudreuil served in the French Army during the Seven Years' War and the year of the painting took part in the Battle of Rossbach. Probably as a reminder of that, some armor can be seen at his feet. He was later a prominent courtier under Louis XVI, in the years before the French Revolution.
In 1784 Vaudreuil was also painted by Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, a work now in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.[5]
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