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Lot 191THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 

Follower of Robert Tournières

Portrait of the Duke of Berwick, half-length, in armor

Fermé2 September 2009

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USD 6,000

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Follower of Robert Tournières
Portrait of the Duke of Berwick, half-length, in armor
bears signature and the date 'R. Tournières 1708.' (lower right) and inscribed 'MARÉCHAL DUC de BERWICK Vainqueur d'Almanza. .1707.' (upper left)
oil on canvas
45 7/8 x 35¼ in. (116.4 x 89.5 cm.)

Count Brossin de Mere, Picardie, France.

Note du spécialiste

The sitter, James FitzJames, was the son of Arabella Churchill and James II of England, and during his father's reign he was created Duke of Berwick. FitzJames was granted French citizenship in 1703 and created Mareschal in 1706. On 25 April 1707, he led the Franco-Spanish army to victory against the English and Portuguese in the Battle of Almansa, one of the key military engagements of the War of Spanish Succession (1701-1714).