Live Auction 1555European Noble & Private Collections Including Fine Tapestries Part I
JEAN-FRANÇOIS-GÉRARD FONTALLARD (FRENCH, 1777-1858)
Lot 140

JEAN-FRANÇOIS-GÉRARD FONTALLARD (FRENCH, 1777-1858)

Closed30 September 2014

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GBP 1,375

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JEAN-FRANÇOIS-GÉRARD FONTALLARD (FRENCH, 1777-1858)
An officer called Nicolas Oudinot, Count Oudinot and Duke of Reggio (1767-1848) uniform, gold-embroidered dark blue coat with gold epaulettes bearing five silver stars, wearing the red moiré sash, badge and breast-star of the Imperial French Order of the Legion of Honour
signed and dated 'Fontallard. 1811.' (lower right)
on ivory
oval, 2.15/16 in. (74 mm.) high, rectangular ormolu frame with stamped foliate border

Specialist note

Nicolas Oudinot, Count Oudinot and Duke of Reggio was a key protagonist of the French Revolutionary Wars and on Napoleon's abdication he rallied to the new government and was made a Peer of France by the Bourbon Restoration King Louis XVIII and remained loyal to the king during Napoleon's return in 1815.
We are indebted to Dr Dimitri Gorchkoff for providing the identification of the sitter on the basis of a photograph.