350 - Charles-Édouard ARMAND-DUMARESQ (1826–1895)

Charles-Édouard ARMAND-DUMARESQ (1826–1895) Study for the portrait of Gilbert du Motier (1757–1834), Marquis de La Fayette. Oil on panel, monogrammed “A. DQ” in the lower right corner. In a gilded wooden frame. On the back of the panel, a label from the framer V. Bererd, 70 Avenue de Clichy in Paris. On the upper lintel of the frame, an old handwritten label attributing the work to Armand-Dumaresq and identifying the subject. H. 23 x W. 17 cm. Frame: H. 30 x W. 24 cm. Provenance - Collection of François-Georges Pariset (1904–1980), historian and collector. - Passed down through the family. History Having joined the American rebels as early as 1777, La Fayette was appointed general by George Washington at the age of only 19. He played a decisive role in the victory at Yorktown against the British troops commanded by Lord Cornwallis. After his return to France, he was elected to the Estates-General and helped draft the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. Appointed commander of the Paris National Guard in the early years of the French Revolution, he went into exile in 1792. After a few years out of the public eye, he reemerged on the political scene following the Restoration, supporting the accession of Louis-Philippe d’Orléans to the throne during the Three Glorious Days. He died in 1834 in Paris.