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LOUIS LAFFITTE "King Charles X on a chariot, in coronation garb, receiving a branch of laurels." "King Charles X on a chariot, in coronation dress, receiving a laurel branch and keys to the city" FIDES EXERCITUM FELICITAS POPULI GALLICI - REGIS ITINERE CONFIRMATA SECURITAS PUBLICA " "France receiving a child held by an allegory and protected by Hermes." Three draft medals of the reign of Charles X in brown ink." Two framed. Diam: 19 cm, 16 and 14 cm. B.E. Biography: Louis Laffite (1770-1828) was a French painter, draughtsman and student of Gilles Demarteau and then of Jean Baptiste Regnault. Admitted to the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in Paris, he was awarded the Grand Prix de Rome for painting in 1791. He was the last painter sent to Rome during the reign of Louis XVI. In 1796, he provided twelve drawings for the Republican Calendar. He made drawings for the birth of the Duke of Bordeaux in 1820, and for the coronation of Charles X in 1825.
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LOUIS LAFFITTE "King Charles X on a chariot, in coronation garb, receiving a branch of laurels." "King Charles X on a chariot, in coronation dress, receiving a laurel branch and keys to the city" FIDES EXERCITUM FELICITAS POPULI GALLICI - REGIS ITINERE CONFIRMATA SECURITAS PUBLICA " "France receiving a child held by an allegory and protected by Hermes." Three draft medals of the reign of Charles X in brown ink." Two framed. Diam: 19 cm, 16 and 14 cm. B.E. Biography: Louis Laffite (1770-1828) was a French painter, draughtsman and student of Gilles Demarteau and then of Jean Baptiste Regnault. Admitted to the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in Paris, he was awarded the Grand Prix de Rome for painting in 1791. He was the last painter sent to Rome during the reign of Louis XVI. In 1796, he provided twelve drawings for the Republican Calendar. He made drawings for the birth of the Duke of Bordeaux in 1820, and for the coronation of Charles X in 1825.
