Live Auction 7999Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Glass, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes
ANTOINE-CLAUDE FLEURY (FRENCH, FL. C. 1790-1822)
Lot 158 PROPERTY FROM A GERMAN PRIVATE COLLECTION

ANTOINE-CLAUDE FLEURY (FRENCH, FL. C. 1790-1822)

Closed29 November 2011

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GBP 4,750

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ANTOINE-CLAUDE FLEURY (FRENCH, FL. C. 1790-1822)
General Baron Thouvenot (1757-1817), standing by a cannon and pointing towards the distance with his right hand, his left hand resting on his sword, in gold-embroidered blue uniform with gold epaulettes and white silk waistcoat with gilt-copper belt
signed and dated 'Fleury 1793' (lower right)
on ivory
2 13/16 in. (71 mm.) diam., octagonal gilt-metal frame

André Lévi Collection, in 1935.
Christie's, Geneva, 16 May 1995, lot 136.
with D. S. Lavender (Antiques) Ltd., London, in 1995.

Specialist note

Baron Pierre Thouvenot commanded the Belgian Artillery in 1792 and became chef d'état-major of the Dutch Army in 1793. In 1801 he was chef de brigade in Santo Domingo and served subsequently in Germany and Spain. He retired in 1815.