La Royauté à Versailles

Lot 1 - BARNAVE (Antoine). Autograph letter signed. GRENOBLE, March 23, 1792. One p. 1/2 in-4. "M. Fallot,... adjudant in the National Guard of this city, being ready to leave to apply to you for a place in the line troops, has asked me to write to you on his behalf. The universal esteem in which he is held, and the particular recommendation of the commander of his battalion, have determined me to give him this letter. In addition to his personal qualities, he has the advantage of knowing the service perfectly, and far from needing to be instructed, he is in a position to instruct others. If, when he presents himself to you,... the appointment is not yet complete, you will oblige me greatly by being willing to include him, and you will make an excellent acquisition for the corp[s] he will join...". ONE OF THE LEADERS OF THE PREREVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT IN DAUPHINE (1788), ONE OF THE GREAT SPEAKERS OF THE ÉTATS GENERAUX AND LA CONSTITUANTE, LAWYER ANTOINE BARNAVE (1761-1793) was also one of the founders of the Jacobin Club and later the Feuillants Club, but was guillotined under the Terror. He left an important work, Introduction à la Révolution française, in which he was one of the first to explain events in terms of social and economic causes.

Estim. 1 200 - 1 500 EUR

Lot 2 - BRISSOT DE WARVILLE (Jacques-Pierre Brissot, known as Jacques-Pierre). Autograph letter signed to Camille Desmoulins. S.l., "February 17" [1790 or 1791]. "I recommend to M. Desmoulins the two memoirs enclosed, and I hope above all that his energetic pen will defend the cause of the unfortunate blacks now pursued by an infernal cabal. THE FRIEND OF LIBERTY MUST NOT HAVE TWO STANDARDS. ONE MUST BE JUST IF ONE WANTS TO BE FREE. The Société des amis des noirs is counting infinitely on M. Desmoulins' zeal for Liberty. I am all his, without ceremony..." A fine letter written during the virulent debates surrounding the black question in the French colonies. In February 1788, he was one of the founders of the Société des Amis des Noirs (in imitation of the English), and opposed the interests of the planters united in August 1789 in the Société des colons français, also known as the Club Massiac, after the private mansion where it met on Place des Victoires. Although he recognized the generosity of abolitionist ideas, Camille Desmoulins didn't make them his hobbyhorse, and soon clashed with Jacques-Pierre Brissot over their differences on the question of France's entry into the war. He even published two works hostile to him: Jacques-Pierre Brissot démasqué (February 1792) and Histoire des brissotins (May 1793).

Estim. 600 - 800 EUR

Lot 3 - CHAUMETTE (Pierre-Gaspard). Autograph letter signed to his friend Jean-Eugin Thomas. S.l.n.d. 2 pp. 1/4 in-4, address on spine; small loss due to opening without affecting text, some old restorations. INTERESTING LETTER ON THE RELIGIOUS QUESTION BY THE MAN WHO WOULD BECOME ONE OF THE MOST RELENTLESS SPOKESMEN OF THE DECHRISTIANIZATION CAMPAIGN WAGED IN 1793. " ... I am very sensitive to your memory, I would like to be in a position to be useful to you, I would do it with all my heart, but THE DEVIL IS IN MY KITCHENS, POLITICS ARE TURNING MY HEAD, I hardly notice my existence, for I no longer live for myself, my days and nights are devoted to politics. THE NEW LAWS [notably on the CIVIL CONSTITUTION OF THE CLERK, in July 1790] HAVE CHANGED NEITHER ORDER, NOR THE MISSION OF PRIESTS, NOR CULTE, NOR MORAL, they have changed nothing in intelligent harmony, they have only changed its vitiated mode and brought it closer to the principles of universal reason. France has not demolished its church, but rather polished its stones, bringing it back to its origins and patriarchal simplicity. The oath decreed by the Ass[emblée] Nat[ionale] has been like the sieve that separates the chaff from the wheat; THOSE WHO HAVE NOT SUBMITTED TO IT HAVE DECEALED TO HAVE AN AVARE AND PERFID HEART; they have shown that they were unworthy of their mission... You ask me how to study theology. Ah, my God! Well, my friend, the best way to succeed in this study is to burden your memory with this trivial jumble, and be careful to submit it to the light of common sense. Theology, bone Deus! Learn your lesson and that's it; but READ LOCKE, ROUSSEAU, VOLTAIRE AND BERNARDIN DE ST-PIERRE. THIS IS WHAT WILL FORM YOUR HEART AND MIND, this is the reading that will make you happy in whatever situation you find yourself... Don't forget me... I'll always be your friend, because I know the difference between a man and his clothes... " Jean-Eugin Thomas, who had entered the ecclesiastical profession, would eventually establish himself as a notary in Chapallement in the Nièvre region (Chaumette was born in Nevers). PROSECUTOR OF THE PARIS COMMUNE FROM 1792, PIERRE-GASPARD CHAUMETTE (1763-1794) embraced the most radical ideas of the Revolution, particularly in favor of the poorest sections of society, and played an important role in preparing the day of August 10, 1792, which led to the fall of royalty. He was also a member of the Société des Amis des Noirs (Society of Friends of the Blacks), and played a key role in getting the Convention to adopt the abolition of slavery. Although himself an opponent of the Gironde, he came up against the hostility of Maximilien de Robespierre: accused of being a foreign agent, he was brought before the Revolutionary Tribunal and executed in April 1794.

Estim. 400 - 500 EUR

Lot 4 - CONDÉ(Louis de Bourbon, prince de). Autograph letter signed "Louis de Bourbon" to the Duc de Longueville. Brussels, December 23, 1654. 1 p. in-4, address on back. "Celuy qui vous randra cette lettre entretiendra d'une affaire que je vous ai fait recommender par Fontenay, et comme il est pressé de servir cette persone-la, je vous conjure de faire ce qui est en votre pouvoir pour retarder le mal qu'on faitict qui seroit irremediable si on le laissoit aler plus avant. I will send you someone after tomorrow to tell you when I can see you. In the meantime, we will examine together the means of getting my friend off the hook, but I beg you to do everything in your power to ensure that... " AT ODDS WITH THE REGENT, MAZARIN, CARDINAL DE RETZ AND PARLIAMENT, THE PRINCE DE CONDÉ WAS THEN IN THE SERVICE OF PHILIPPE IV OF SPAIN. It was only after the Peace of the Pyrenees (1659) that he obtained a pardon from the royal authorities and was able to return to France. BEAUTIFUL BROTHER TO THE PRINCE DE CONDÉ, THE DUC DE LONGUEVILLE, Henri d'Orléans, was descended from Charles V through his ancestor the Comte de Dunois, bastard son of the Duc Louis d'Orléans. He distinguished himself in the service of the king's armies, but took part in the Chalais plot against Richelieu (1626), then in the Fronde against Mazarin (1649-1650). After his imprisonment (with Condé) in 1650, he retired to his government in Normandy, where he lived out his pious life.

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 5 - HISTORY OF FRANCE. - Manuscript entitled "Almanach historique de la France depuis l'établissement de la monarchie". [Years 1780]. Format 12.6 x 8.7 cm, 55 ff. in erroneous pagination, marbled brown calf, smooth spine cloisonné and fleuronné with garnet-red title-piece, decorated edges, red slices; binding a little worn (period binding). A compendium of chronologies concerning the kings of France (two lists, one of which includes the most important events of each reign), the mayors of the palace, the regents, the constables, the marshals of France, the prime ministers, the other most important ministers and the secretaries of state. Other information is also compiled: cities where the Court was held, royal burial sites, major French military victories, etc.

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 6 - MARAT (Jean-Paul). Autograph letter signed "Le Dr Marat" [to Alexis Rochon]. Paris, January 25, 1788. One p. 1/2 in-4; small foxing, one crack restored. A physician and physicist by trade, the future publicist and conventioneer Jean-Paul Marat criticized certain aspects of Isaac Newton's theories on optics, particularly with regard to the differential refrangibility of light. However, he also sought recognition for his own scientific work from the Académie des Sciences, which held it to Newtonian orthodoxy. So, at the end of 1787, he published a translation of the Opticks treatise that the great English scientist had published in 1704: in it, he affirmed his admiration for the latter, but set out his own ideas on various points in a critical commentary accompanying his translation. "I DO NOT IGNORE, MONSIEUR, THAT YOU ARE THE FIRST WHO HAS ATTACKED, WITH KNOWLEDGE OF CAUSE, THE DOCTRINE OF DIFFERENT REFRANGIBILITY; and I have no doubt that you would not have overthrown it, had you turned your views to the facts on which it is based. Chance has spared me this work, and although we still differ in principles, the love of truth unites us, AND I AM PLEASED THAT YOU WOULD WISH TO RECEIVE MY WORK AS A MARK OF ESTIMATE. Examine it, Sir, with the impartiality and discernment you have shown so often; note the little-known facts it contains, weigh the new proofs it develops; and if it deserves your approval, deign to contribute to the triumph of truth; with the generous zeal of a true scrutinizer of nature..." THEN SUB-DIRECTOR OF THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, ABBE ROCHON (1741-1817) had acquired a certain notoriety as a physicist, astronomer and optician. Born Alexis-Marie de Rochon de Fournoux, in 1765 he was appointed keeper of the instruments and library of the Académie de Marine in Brest, carried out scientific missions in Morocco, the Cape of Good Hope, the South Seas and Madagascar, and became an associate member of the Académie de Marine (1774), keeper of the king's private physics and optics cabinet at La Muette (1775). He invented a prismatic micrometer using the birefringence of rock crystal (1777), which opened the doors of the Académie des Sciences to him in 1780, and enabled him to obtain the post of optician astronomer to the Navy in 1787. During the French Revolution (1791), he served as General Commissioner of Coins, before returning to his native Brittany under the Terror. Having regained his position at the Institut, he was appointed Director of the Paris Observatory (1795-1805).

Estim. 2 000 - 2 500 EUR

Lot 7 - MENUS - Set of 2 manuscripts, ONE SIGNED BY LE COMTE DE PROVENCE, FUTUR LOUIS XVIII. - MENUZ DE LA MAISON DU ROY pour l'annee 1621". 16 pp. in a bound folio; some marginal wetness. List detailing in minute detail (hence the title) the provisions for the various officers and employees of the King's household: grand-master, chamberlains, butlers, valets de chambre, bailiffs, etc. These provisions include bread, butter, wine, beer, etc., as well as other foodstuffs. These include bread, wine and meats. The latter are indicated according to the officers to whom they are to be served, and according to the meals ("disner, antree et potages", "rost", "soupper"): sheep, goats, pigeons, capons, hens, guinea fowl ("poulle d'Inde"), etc. - "MENU GENERAL DE LA MAISON DE MONSEIGNEUR COMTE DE PROVENCE pour l'année mil sept cent soixante-quatorze composée de 365 jours, dont 220 en gras et 145 en maigre". Versailles, April 17, 1774. 68 pp. in-folio in a notebook. Document detailing the provisions needed for the table of the Count of Provence and those of the various officers and civil and military employees of his House: banneterie (bread), échansonnerie (wine), cuisine (meat and fish according to meals and fat or lean days), pâtisserie ("fours" and pâtés), officers' supplies ("salt, vinegar, oranges, lemons, verjuice, spices, sugar, truffles, mushrooms, morels.. herbs..."), wax, wood and coal (for summer and winter), deliveries, etc. On fat days, for example, the prince is served lunch and a broth, dinner (two soups, three starters, two hors d'oeuvres, a rôt), supper (two soups, starters, a rôt), with capons, chickens, hens, partridges, woodcocks, rabbits, game, etc. For leaner days, we use salmon, carp, perch, brill, whitefish, mackerel, sole, smelt, crayfish, cod, etc.

Estim. 400 - 500 EUR

Lot 8 - PAUL III (ALESSANDRO FARNESE, KNOWN AS). Autograph letter signed with his initial ".A.", TO KING FRANÇOIS I. Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome, February 8, 1541 [1540 c. s.]. 1 p. folio. PAUL III INTERESTED PROMOTER OF PEACE. The rivalry between Francis I and Charles V conditioned much of the European politics of the time, particularly in Italy, where both sovereigns had interests. Paul III wanted to reform the Church and reduce the Protestant question, and was thinking of a great Council that would allow him to have it both ways. He also actively pursued the project of securing his family's fortune and practiced unbridled nepotism, having, for example, appointed two of his grandsons cardinals. Elected in part for his position of neutrality towards France and the Empire, he pursued this line, which alone served his public and private projects. He was, for example, behind the Truce of Nice between Francis I and Charles V. One of the great popes of the Renaissance, Alessandro Farnese is best known for launching the Council of Trent, approving the founding of the Society of Jesus and, as a brilliant patron of the arts, employing Michelangelo to decorate the Sistine Chapel. THE AVIGNON AFFAIR AND THE DUC DE MONTMORENCY. The connétable, a powerful minister whose star was fading, wanted the legation of Avignon for his nephew Cardinal Odet de Coligny-Châtillon. He had obtained from the current legate, Cardinal de Clermont, his resignation in favor of Châtillon, but Paul III wanted it for his nephew Alessandro Farnese, already archbishop of Avignon: the pope therefore opposed this resignation, and, after first promising that Châtillon would receive the legation on Clermont's death, finally gave it to Allessandro Farnese in March 1541. Montmorency was already opposed to the Pope in another matter, that of the marriage of the Duc d'Aumale, to whom Paul III proposed his niece, Vittoria Farnese. THE PRESENT LETTER IS A FIN DE NON RECEVOIR CONCERNING THE CONNETABLE'S VIEWS OF AVIGNON, which he cannot access "without scandal". "Charissime in Christo fili salutem et apostolicam benedictionem. Monsr de Limoges, ambasciatore di Vostra Maestà, me ha data questa ultima lettera sua, e ne ha soggionto quel di più che da Lei haveva in commissione, e, perché con esso ne siamo satisfatti de la risposta, et l'habbiamo fatto bene capace de la verità, e de la mala informatione che e stata data a Vostra Maestà circa al negotio de la resignatione de la legatione de Avignone, e da poi ne havemo ancor ragionato con il protectore e con mons. de Ferara quali sonno bene resoluti, oltra questo che havemo fatto scrivere de novo al legato et al nuntio, non replicaremo altro per la presente a Vostra Maestà salvo che la pregamo a tenere per certo che noi la amamo et l'havemo amata sempre cordialissimamente, e che, si come fin qui havemo piena satisfatione de non havere mai pretermessa cosa con la quale habbiamo possuto COMPIACERLA E GRATIFICARLA, cossi speramo che in lo avenire quando si presenti altra occasione megliore e CHE SENZA SCANDALO SI POSSA FARE, COME HORA NON SI PÒ, sia per cognoscerece del medesimo bono animo verso Lei e MONS. CONESTABILE, il quale havemo conosciuto bono servitore di Vostra Maestà et affectionato a questa Sede apostolica et alle cose nostre particularmente, e TENEMO DESIDERIO DE FARLI COSA GRATA. QUANTO ALLA PACE, CHE SOPRA OGNIALTRA COSA DESIDERAMO, come sa Vostra Maestà, speramo che Lei, si come, con la prudentia e bontà sua, ha dato fin qui cossi bono principio, dil che la laudamo e ringratiamo molto, cossi la debbia condure al perfetto fine, per benefitio universale, dil [che] di bono core la pregamo - et il medesimo faremo con la Cesaria Maestà... "

Estim. 1 000 - 1 500 EUR

Lot 9 - LESZCZYNSKA (Marie). Autograph letter signed "Marie" to principal minister André-Hercule de Fleury. S.l., "ce 3" [July 3, 1729, according to an early notation in ink by another hand]. One p. in-4, address on spine with 2 armorial black wax seals retained. "YOUR LETTER, MY DEAR CARDINAL, HAS FILLED ME WITH JOY BY EVERYTHING YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE KING MY FATHER [STANISLAS LESZCZYNSKI]. As I know his feelings for you, nothing pleases me more than to know that yours are the ones I desire. It is an interesting union for the contentment of my life, that I would never have a more lively attention than that of maintaining it more and more. Quan[t] à mon départ, je raporte à ce que je vous ai dit hier que je ne suis pas assez maîtresse de moi-même pour prendre le parti entre l'empressement que j'ay de voir le roy et la crainte des suites [peut-être une allusion à son état de grossesse, alors qu'elle donneait naissance à un fils le 4 septembre 1729]... et il n'y a que l'ordre du roy qui puisse déterminer me pour me tranquiliser dans l'inquiétude où je suis. Please let me know his will. You know that I have none other than his, and that I will always act on your salutary advice, which I await with impatience and am, my most cherished Cardinal, yours with all my heart...". CARDINAL FLEURY, ONE OF THE GREAT STATE MEN OF THE 18th CENTURY. Hercule-André de Fleury (1653-1713) was very pious, but no less well-versed in worldly affairs. He became chaplain to Queen Marie-Thérèse, then quarterly chaplain to the King, and accompanied Cardinal Forbin-Janson on his mission to Rome in 1690. In 1698, he obtained the bishopric of Fréjus, which he did not win until 1701, but where he proved to be an apostolic bishop close to the people. He always worked for peace, notably in 1707 during the War of the Spanish Succession, when he received Victor-Amédée of Savoy and Prince Eugène, who had come to lay siege to Toulon, in his bishopric. His attitude made an impression, and he was offered an archbishopric, which he refused; he even renounced his see of Fréjus and returned to Versailles, where he was given the title of tutor to the future Louis XV. He won the latter's confidence, and in 1726 was appointed principal minister (the same year the Pope made him a cardinal): he pursued a policy of appeasement on all fronts - internal, external and religious.

Estim. 800 - 1 000 EUR

Lot 10 - BONVALOT (Édouard). Les Coutumes du Val d'Orbey. Paris, Auguste Durand, 1864. In-8, green morocco, cloisonné and fleuronné ribbed spine, triple gilt fillet framing the covers with gilt coat of arms in the center, filleted edges, wide gilt inner lace, slightly worn green percaline case and folder (Chambolle-Duru 1865). Offprint from the November-December 1864 issue of the Revue historique de droit français et étranger. MAROQUIN WITH THE ARMS OF KING LOUIS II OF BAVIERE, famous among other things for having been Richard Wagner's great patron. The Val d'Orbey, near Colmar in Alsace, was part of the Ribeaupierre seigneury, owned for almost a century by the Dukes of Deux-Ponts, ancestors of the Kings of Bavaria. At the time of publication, the author of the present work was an advisor to the Imperial Court of Colmar. A SUPERB COPY.

Estim. 600 - 800 EUR

Lot 11 - Workshop of Frans Pourbus (1569-1622) Portrait of French King Henri IV (1553-1610), circa 1610. Oil on canvas, antique reupholstery and 19th century frame. 63 x 51 cm Frame: 73 x 61.5 cm Good condition, restorations, Henri IV combined the dignities of King of France and King of Navarre. He was also the first French king of the Capetian House of Bourbon. Frans Pourbus was a painter from Brabant. Thanks to the exceptional quality of his portraits, he extended the Pourbus reputation throughout Europe. This is a studio work executed under the master's direction. Provenance: private collection, Bern

Estim. 5 000 - 7 000 EUR

Lot 12 - 17th century HOLLAND SCHOOL, follower of Pieter Nason Portrait of a child near a fountain Canvas Height : 126 cm Width : 101 cm Old restorations

Estim. 3 500 - 4 000 EUR

Lot 13 - 17th century French school Portrait of Françoise Angélique de la Mothe Houdancourt, duchesse d'Aumont. Oil on canvas. 67.5 x 55 cm Probably based on the portrait attributed to Mignard and kept at the Musée Condé, Château de Chantilly (PE 133).

Estim. 2 000 - 3 000 EUR

Lot 14 - FRENCH SCHOOL circa 1700, entourage of Robert BONNART Elegant young woman picking grapes Canvas Height : 42 cm Width : 32 cm This portrait is to be compared with a set of four portraits sold at Christie's New-York on June 7, 2002, which are presumed to represent the four daughters of Henri-Jules de Bourbon-Condé as allegories of the four seasons by a painter from the entourage of Pierre Gobert, and of which our painting is said to represent Anne Marie Victoire de Bourbon (1675-1700).

Estim. 1 500 - 2 000 EUR

Lot 15 - French school of the late 17th or early 18th century. Portrait of a man Oil on canvas (craquelure, small paint chips). Louis XIV style wood and gilded stucco frame. 73 x 59.5 cm. This portrait was considered by family tradition to be that of Colbert.

Estim. 600 - 800 EUR

Lot 16 - French school of the late 17th-early 18th century. Portrait of a man holding a book. Oil on canvas. Louis XIV period gilded wood frame. An accident (2cm tear) at the bottom. 46.5 x 38 cm

Estim. 600 - 800 EUR

Lot 17 - Follower of Pieter NASON (1612-1688), Portrait of a young girl with her dog. Oil on canvas. Wood and stucco frame. 80 x 63 cm sight.

Estim. 2 000 - 2 500 EUR

Lot 18 - 18th century French school, follower of Hyacinthe Rigaud Portrait of King Louis XIV in armor. Oil on canvas. Louis XIV period carved wood frame. Height : 130 cm Width : 97 cm Old restorations This model is based on the version by Rigaud in the Prado Museum in Madrid (Inv. 2343), in which Louis XIV is depicted with his feet up.

Estim. 6 000 - 8 000 EUR

Lot 19 - FRENCH SCHOOL circa 1720, workshop of Hyacinthe RIGAUD Portrait of Henri-Louis de la Tour d'Auvergne (1679-1753), Count of Evreux. Oil on canvas 96 x 77cm (foxed, restorations, cut at the bottom) Gilded wood frame

Estim. 4 000 - 5 000 EUR

Lot 20 - Early 18th century French school Portrait of a woman, possibly Louise-Françoise de Bourbon dite mademoiselle de Nantes. Oil on canvas. Gilded wood frame with fleurdelys at the corners, inscribed "P. Mignard". 41.5 x 32.5 cm Faded

Estim. 1 000 - 1 500 EUR

Lot 21 - Early 18th century French school Portrait of a man, possibly Louis III de Bourbon-Condé ? Oil on canvas. Gilded wood frame with fleurdelys at the corners bearing a "P. Mignard". 41.5 x 32.5 cm Faded.

Estim. 1 000 - 1 500 EUR

Lot 22 - FRENCH SCHOOL circa 1700, follower of Pierre RABON Portrait of Louis XIV Oval canvas mounted on panel in a Louis XIV period frame Height : 40 cm Width : 32,5 cm Small missing frame.

Estim. 2 000 - 3 000 EUR

Lot 23 - 18th century French school Portrait of a marquise in front of a landscape background. Coat of arms under marquise's crown at top left. Oil on canvas. Wood and gilded stucco frame. 91.5 x 72.5 cm

Estim. 1 800 - 2 000 EUR

Lot 24 - 18th century AUSTRIAN SCHOOL Portrait of Emperor Joseph II of Habsburg Oil on canvas Height: 38 cm Width: 29.5 cm Wood and gilded stucco frame Faded, restorations.

Estim. 800 - 1 000 EUR

Lot 25 - 17th-century Austrian school in the style of Frans van Stampart (1675-1750) Portrait of Elisabeth-Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Empress of the Holy Roman Empire. Oil on original canvas. Wooden frame and gilded stucco (accident). 53.5 x 43.5 cm The Empress poses in court dress in a palace next to a small Moorish page, and places her hand on the insignia of power. The double-headed eagle is embroidered with jewels on her bust. This portrait is similar to the one by Frans van Stampart, whose hairstyle is identical. Empress of the Holy Roman Empire, Queen of Germania and Bohemia through her marriage to Charles VI of Habsburg, she was also the mother of Maria Theresa of Austria and the grandmother of French Queen Marie-Antoinette.

Estim. 3 000 - 3 500 EUR

Lot 26 - Northern European school, 18th century Portrait of a nun holding a book. Coat of arms under marquis's crown, top left. Oil on canvas. Restoration. 85 x 62.5 cm

Estim. 2 000 - 3 000 EUR

Lot 27 - 17th century Flemish school, follower of Peter Paul Rubens "The Miracle of Saint Ildefonso". Oil on canvas. 55.5 x 68.5 cm The painting is based on Rubens' sketch for the Ildefonse triptych in the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg (see Albert & Isabelle exhibition catalog, Louvain 1998, no. 393, reproduced). The Ildefonse triptych, now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, was originally intended to decorate the new altar of the Brotherhood of Saint Ilefonse in the Church of Saint James in Coudenberg. The Virgin Mary, accompanied by three virgins, appears to Saint Ilefonse and offers him the chasuble. Two deacons, frightened by the apparition, retreat into the background of the composition. Archduke Albert and Archduchess Isabelle, in official dress, kneel on a prie-dieu on either side of the main scene.

Estim. 2 000 - 2 500 EUR

Lot 28 - François de TROY (1645-1730) Portrait of a lady in a blue dress and pink silk overcoat holding an orange branch, known as La Belle Menuisière (The Beautiful Carpenter) Canvas Height : 117 cm Width: 90 cm Wooden frame and gilded stucco with shells. Provenance: - Probably from the collection of the Duchesse de Berry at the Château de Rosny (perhaps inherited from her husband Charles Ferdinand de Bourbon, Duc de Berry (1778-1820) at the Palais de l'Élysée); - private collection of the 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos; - Christie's sale of Stowe Castle 13/09/1848; p 169, lot n°217 (as "La Belle Menuisiere - from the Duchess de Berri's collection - (Rigaud)"); - private collection of Henry Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle and Earl of Lincoln; - Christie's London sale 04/06/1937, p 20, Lot n°86 as H.Rigaud, buyer ("M ou Mme Pakin"); - private collection of Jane Edwards Champlin; - Christie's New-York sale 03/06/1998 lot n°40 (entourage of Alexis Simon Belle); - private collection New-York. Exhibition: Probably exhibited at the Midland Counties Art Museum, England, in 1879, (on loan from the Duchess of Newcastle). Old restorations We would like to thank Mr. Dominique Brême for confirming our attribution from photos.

Estim. 20 000 - 30 000 EUR

Lot 29 - 18th century French school, follower of Donat Nonotte Pair of portraits representing the Count and Countess of Auteuil François-Guillaume Briçonnet de Rozay, President of the Parliament of Paris, and his wife née Elisabeth Lambert d'Herbigny. Oil on canvas. Gilded frames with Louis XV period shells (a few accidents). 81.5 x 65 cmOn the back, two labels identifying the models.

Estim. 3 000 - 3 500 EUR

Lot 30 - 19th century French school after Nicolas de Largillierre Portrait of François-Jules du Vaucel (1672-1739) Oil on canvas. Wooden frame and gilded stucco (accidents). 104 x 137 cm Remake of the portrait by Largillierre dated 1724 in the Musée du Louvre. François-Jules du Vaucel (1672-1739) was Lord of La Norville and Mondoville, and also held the positions of King's Secretary and General Farmer.

Estim. 3 000 - 3 500 EUR

Lot 31 - French school circa 1690, entourage of Hyacinthe Rigaud Portrait of a lady in an orange silk overcoat, known as Geneviève François de Harlay, wife of Henri de Damas. Oval canvas Louis XIV period gilded wood frame (accidents) Height : 80 cm Width : 64 cm

Estim. 4 000 - 5 000 EUR

Lot 32 - 18th CENTURY FRENCH ECOLE, follower of Carle van LOO (1705-1765) Pair of portraits of King Louis XV and Queen Marie Leszczynska. Oil on canvas in an 18th-century gilded wood frame. 81 x 65 cm T.B.E.

Estim. 6 000 - 8 000 EUR

Lot 33 - Albert HAFFNER (1846-1930) after Jean-Baptiste PERRONNEAU (1715-1783) PORTRAIT OF MAURICE-QUENTIN DE LA TOUR EN SURTOUT NOIR The original portrait of the King's painter, painted in 1750, was exhibited at the Salon of 1751 and is now kept at the Musée des Beaux-Arts Antoine Lécuyer in Saint-Quentin. Oil on canvas in a gilded stucco and wood frame from the Empire period. Late 19th-early 20th century. 55 x 46 cm. Inscription in pencil on the stretcher. B.E., restoration at bottom.

Estim. 500 - 600 EUR

Lot 34 - 18th CENTURY FRENCH SCHOOL Portrait of a seated woman with a rose blossom headdress. Oil on canvas Gilded wood frame 32 x 29 cm Inscribed on the stretcher on the back, almost illegible, label numbered 780, and dated on the stretcher 1786.

Estim. 1 000 - 1 500 EUR

Lot 35 - FRENCH SCHOOL circa 1780 Bust-length portrait of a lady with folded hands Oval canvas Louis XVI period carved and gilded wood frame with pediment and lamp base Height : 69 cm Width: 55 cm Old restorations

Estim. 1 800 - 2 000 EUR

Lot 36 - Jean-François BLONDEL (1683-1756) "Exterior elevation of one of the two rooms in the Place de Louis le Grand" and "Coupe intérieure des Salles". 45.7 x 78.5 cm (view) Watercolor gouache and black ink. Stains and insolation. Under glass, wood frame and gilded stucco. Magnificent preparatory watercolor for the collection of "Fêtes publiques données par la ville de Paris à l'occasion du Mariage de Monseigneur le Dauphin, les 23 et 26 février MDCCXLV", of which the Louvre, among other major collections, holds a printed copy from the Edmond de Rothschild collection (L 198 LR). To celebrate the princely marriage, the city of Paris erected six large buildings in selected locations, each of which "for the magnificence of its decorations, both interior and exterior, appeared to be the unique object of a grand Fête". The two-day festivities, which culminated on February 26 at the Hotel de Ville, featured buffets, orchestras, illuminations, flowers and ceremonies whose sumptuousness justified the production of this engraved collection.

Estim. 3 000 - 4 000 EUR

Lot 37 - Jean-François BLONDEL (1683-1756) "Vue perspective de la salle du Carousel, construite à l'occasion du Mariage de Monseigneur le Dauphin." 47.6 x 81 cm Watercolor gouache and black ink Insolation, stains, traces of humidity, restoration and gaps around the edges. Under glass, wood frame and gilded stucco. Magnificent preparatory watercolor for the book "Fêtes publiques données par la ville de Paris à l'occasion du Mariage de Monseigneur le Dauphin, les 23 et 26 février MDCCXLV" of which the Louvre, among other great collections, holds a printed copy from the Edmond de Rothschild collections (L 198 LR). To celebrate the princely marriage, the city of Paris erected six large buildings in selected locations, each of which "for the magnificence of its decorations, both interior and exterior, appeared to be the unique object of a grand Fête". The two-day festivities, which culminated on February 26 at the Hotel de Ville, featured buffets, orchestras, illuminations, flowers and ceremonies whose sumptuousness justified the production of this engraved collection.

Estim. 3 000 - 4 000 EUR

Lot 38 - Jean-François BLONDEL (1683-1756) "Elévation et décoration de la grande salle de bal", "Côté de l'orchestre", "Côté du grand balcon". 49 x 67 cm (view) Watercolor gouache and black ink. Insolations and small gaps. Under glass, wood frame and gilded stucco. Magnificent preparatory watercolor for the book "Fêtes publiques données par la ville de Paris à l'occasion du Mariage de Monseigneur le Dauphin, les 23 et 26 février MDCCXLV" of which the Louvre, among other great collections, holds a printed copy from the Edmond de Rothschild collections (L 198 LR). To celebrate the princely marriage, the city of Paris erected six large buildings in selected locations, each of which "for the magnificence of its decorations, both interior and exterior, appeared to be the unique object of a grand Fête". The two-day festivities, which culminated on February 26 at the Hotel de Ville, featured buffets, orchestras, illuminations, flowers and ceremonies whose sumptuousness justified the production of this engraved collection. For the decorations at the Hotel de Ville, Lange worked on the sculptural decoration of the ballroom, Duparc supplied the earthenware goblets and the famous Gersaint the furniture. Witness the order of July 30, 1745: "to pay cash to Sieur Gersaint, merchant jeweler, the sum of eighteen hundred and forty-three pounds that we have ordered and order him by these presents for the rent of the porcelain furniture by him supplied in various rooms of the Hotel de Ville during the ball given by the city in the month of February last on the occasion of the marriage of M. le dauphin" (see Guillaume Glorieux, "A l'Enseigne de Gersaint", Champ Vallon 2002).

Estim. 3 000 - 4 000 EUR

Lot 39 - Jean-François BLONDEL (1683-1756) "Perspective view of the ballroom, built in the courtyard of the Hôtel de Ville". 50.5 x 78.2 cm Watercolor gouache and black ink. Insolation, traces of humidity, small gaps at edges and stains. Under glass, wood frame and gilded stucco. Magnificent preparatory watercolor for the book "Fêtes publiques données par la ville de Paris à l'occasion du Mariage de Monseigneur le Dauphin, les 23 et 26 février MDCCXLV", of which the Louvre, among other great collections, holds a printed copy from the Edmond de Rothschild collections (L 198 LR). To celebrate the princely marriage, the city of Paris erected six large buildings in selected locations, "the magnificence of their decorations, both interior and exterior, each of which seemed to be particularly suited to being the unique object of a grand Fête". The two-day festivities, which culminated on February 26 at the Hotel de Ville, featured buffets, orchestras, illuminations, flowers and ceremonies whose sumptuousness justified the production of this engraved collection. For the decorations at the Hotel de Ville, Lange worked on the sculptural decoration of the ballroom, Duparc supplied the earthenware goblets and the famous Gersaint the furniture. Witness the order of July 30, 1745: "to pay cash to Sieur Gersaint, merchant jeweler, the sum of eighteen hundred and forty-three pounds that we have ordered and order him by these presents for the rent of the porcelain furniture by him supplied in various rooms of the Hotel de Ville during the ball given by the city in the month of February last on the occasion of the marriage of M. le dauphin" (see Guillaume Glorieux, "A l'Enseigne de Gersaint", Champ Vallon 2002).

Estim. 3 000 - 4 000 EUR

Lot 40 - NOURY Jacques (1747-1832) Pair of portraits of Luc Tavigny du Lompret and his wife, née Louise Françoise Germainville, according to a family label on the back. Oil on canvas. One signed lower left and dated 1805. 80 x 65 cm. Modern stretcher, good condition. Original gilded wood frame.

Estim. 2 000 - 3 000 EUR

Lot 41 - J.M. Moreau dit "Le Jeune" (after). Grand Illumination in the Park of Versailles on the Occasion of the Wedding of King Louis XVI on May 16, 1770. Rectangular engraving presented framed with a suite of seven figures (black and white print). 68 x 78 cm. (small stains). Under glass. Large gilded frame decorated with palmettes.

Estim. 500 - 600 EUR

Lot 42 - French school After Gillot Saint-Evre (1791-1871) Portrait of Nicolas Auguste de La Baume de Montrevel (1645-1716), Marshal of France Oil on canvas, two restorations on the back Gilded wood frame. 146 x 114 cm This large portrait of the marshal leaning on his baton is based on the one in the Château de Versailles on deposit at the Strasbourg prefecture (LP 1589).

Estim. 2 000 - 2 500 EUR

Lot 43 - 18th century English school, follower of Michael Dahl Portrait of an elegant woman in a blue dress. Oil on canvas mounted on oval cardboard. Gilded wood frame. 32.5 x 27 cm Inscribed in pen on the back "L J Bridgewater nee Brgh 1761 Sir Jo. Reinold pinxit".

Estim. 2 000 - 2 500 EUR

Lot 44 - William IV, King of England, born William Henry (1765-1837). Oil on canvas with annotation in pen on back. 14 x 11.4 cm. Gilded frame. William IV: Earl of Munster, Duke of Clarence and Saint Andrews in 1789, King of the United Kingdom, Great Britain, Ireland and Hanover from June 26, 1830 until his death.

Estim. 400 - 500 EUR

Lot 45 - ENGLISH SCHOOL circa 1700, follower of Pieter Lely Portrait of an English Baron Canvas Height : 125 cm Width : 102 cm The setting of our model, and in particular the crown on the right, should be compared with other portraits of barons painted by Peter Lely, such as that of Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, in the Government Art Collection.

Estim. 4 000 - 6 000 EUR

Lot 46 - French school after Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun (1755-1842) Marie-Antoinette de Lorraine-Habsbourg, Queen of France and her children. Oil on canvas, black and gilded wood frame. 200 x 150 cm This painting is a repeat of the famous portrait painted in 1787 and kept at the Château de Versailles.

Estim. 3 000 - 3 500 EUR

Lot 47 - Louis-Auguste BRUN DE VERSOIX (1758-1815) Presumed portrait of Mme Campan. Pencil, red chalk and white chalk drawing on paper. Verso, landscape in watercolor. Eighteenth-century gilded baguette double-view frame. Provenance: Former Jean-Claude Roujon collection. According to a handwritten annotation on the back, "drawing from an album of drawings, several of which bear the date 1788". Related work: portrait of Mme Campan by Joseph BOZE in the Musée de Versailles.

Estim. 400 - 500 EUR

Lot 48 - Late 18th century French school. After Alexandre KUCHARSKI. "Marie-Antoinette at the temple". Oil on canvas. 21.5 x 16.5 cm. Provenance: Cornette de saint Cyr sale 22/11/2016. Framed, missing paint.

Estim. 500 - 800 EUR

Lot 49 - French school of the first half of the 19th century, workshop of Robert Lefevre Portrait of the Comte d'Artois, future Charles X. Original canvas, in a Restoration-period oval wood and gilded stucco frame with palmettes. Height : 65 cm Width : 53 cm Old label on the reverse, with an inscription on the reverse of the frame 'Le male et La duchesse de Coigny'. Provenance : according to an inscription on the back of the frame: former collection of the Maréchal and the Maréchale, Duchesse de Coigny, from the sale of the Château de Laval in Reilhaguet. History: Marie François Henri de Franquetot, Duc de Coigny (1737-1821), from a French military family, was elevated to the rank of Pair de France in 1814 by King Louis XVIII and appointed Governor of the Hôtel Royal des Invalides.

Estim. 3 000 - 4 000 EUR

Lot 50 - Late 19th century French school after Maurice Quentin de la Tour Portrait of Louis Stanislas Xavier de France, Comte de Provence, future Louis XVIII (1755-1824). Oil on panel. Gilded carved wood frame. 66 x 55cm This portrait is based on a pastel by Quention de la Tour in the Louvre (INV 27617).

Estim. 600 - 800 EUR

Lot 51 - 19th century French school Portrait of King Louis XVIII Oil on canvas 65.5 x 54 cm Wood and gilded stucco frame Faded, restorations.

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 52 - François-Séraphin DELPECH (1778-1825) and Nicolas-Eustache MAURIN (1778-1850) Bust portrait with oval view of Baron Guillaume DUPUYTREN (1777-1835), anatomist and surgeon, physician to Charles X and his brother Louis XVIII, president of the Paris Anatomical Society and the French National Academy of Medicine. An admission voucher for the Hôtel Dieu signed by the model and a label with his signature matted on it. Lithograph enhanced in color in a Charles X period wood and gilded stucco frame decorated with shells and oak branches. 29.5 x 24.5 cm. Unstuck.

Estim. 100 - 150 EUR

Lot 53 - After a drawing by Pierre BOUILLON (Thiviers 1776 - Paris 1831) Portrait of King Louis XVIII Engraved by Pierre AUDOUIN Wood and gilded stucco frame 51.5 x 40.5 cm with frame.

Estim. 80 - 100 EUR

Lot 54 - FRENCH SCHOOL, mid-nineteenth century Portrait of Louis Antoine de Saint Just (Decize 1767-Paris 1794) Oval canvas Louis XVI period frame, gilded (small accidents) Height : 53,5 cm Width: 42 cm Old restorations Old exhibition labels. Elected deputy to the Convention at the age of 25 (September 1792), Louis Antoine de Saint Just distinguished himself by his eloquence and the rigidity of his principles. He called for the king's execution without trial, and voted for immediate death. He joined the Comité de salut public on May 30, 1793, and, like Robespierre, advocated a centralizing, egalitarian and virtuous Republic. As a representative on a mission, he turned around the situation of the Army of the Rhine with implacable energy (late 1793), and contributed to the Fleurus victory (June 26, 1794). Archangel of the Terror, he denounced the Girondin federalists (July 1793), then the Hebertist and Dantonist factions (March-April 1794), and pushed through the Ventôse decrees (February-March 1794) confiscating the property of the Republic's enemies for distribution to poor patriots. Drawn in by the fall of Robespierre, he was executed on Thermidor 10 (July 28, 1794).

Estim. 2 000 - 3 000 EUR

Lot 55 - Joseph NAVLET (1821-1889) The Oath Gouache signed lower left. 30 x 46 cm In 1794, Year V of the Republic, in Strasbourg Cathedral, the Clergy was obliged to take an oath to the Constitution under the guidance of M. Saint-Just, Commissioner of the Assembly.

Estim. 400 - 600 EUR

Lot 56 - E.B. French school of the late eighteenth century. "Infantry camp of the National Guard during the French Revolution, circa 1790". Large pen and watercolor drawing, monogrammed at bottom. 22 x 40 cm. Framed under glass. A.B.E. (Freckles) Circa 1790. This watercolor depicts a National Guard military encampment under the constitutional monarchy circa 1790. The garb worn, although similar to that later regulated for the revolutionary line infantry, is modeled on that of the Paris National Guard and often adopted by other cities, with white ruching and facings with scarlet piping. The civilian couple with child in the foreground is also fashionable for the late 1780s and early 1790s.

Estim. 400 - 500 EUR

Lot 57 - French school circa 1800 Presumed portrait of Antoine Barnave, Dauphiné deputy to the Assemblée Nationale in 1789 and elected president on October 24, 1790. Oil on canvas, restorations. 93.5 x 76 cm. An eloquent orator, he was one of the deputies sent to bring the royal family back to Paris after the flight to Varennes. Beginning a correspondence with Marie-Antoinette, he joined the constitutional monarchists of the Club des Feuillants, for which he was accused of treason.

Estim. 700 - 800 EUR

Lot 58 - Framed lithograph depicting the Vendéen general Henri de la Rochejaquelin after Guérin's painting. Stamp "Au profit des vendéens". Freckles 72 x 53 cm

Estim. 80 - 120 EUR

Lot 59 - 19th CENTURY FRENCH SCHOOL Portrait of the sculptor CANOVA. Oil on canvas Bears an inscription on the stretcher and a handwritten label on the back identifying the portrait as that of Antoine Fouquier-Tinville by David. 26 x 20.5 cm Wooden frame and gilded stucco with palmettes (missing gilding). Faded, and restorations.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 60 - Jean Antoine GIROUST (1753-1817) Portrait of an officer of the Institution des Invalides, knight of the Legion of Honor and decorated with the Lily. Restoration period. Oil on canvas (repainted). Signed on the right. 41 x 32 cm. Gilded frame with palmettes. A history painter born in 1753, Giroust won the first Grand Prix de Rome in 1778 and was elected Academician in 1788.

Estim. 800 - 1 200 EUR

Lot 61 - HENRI DETAILLE (1861-1943) Chasseur à cheval en pied 1789. Watercolor and ink signed and dated 1942 lower right. 43 x 28.5 cm. Coaster, gilded wood frame

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 62 - French school of the late eighteenth century. "Portrait of a General on Horseback, under the Directoire." Charcoal and pastel drawing. 36 x 45 cm. Framed under glass. B.E.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 63 - 19th CENTURY FRENCH SCHOOL Portrait of the French king Louis-Philippe I seated, holding a document in his hand, probably the Chartes de 1830. Behind him are the crown and the royal scepter. Oil on canvas. 41 x 32.5 cm Repainting and restorations.

Estim. 400 - 600 EUR

Lot 64 - P. Dubuisson (XIX-XX) The Queen's hamlet, Château de Versailles Watercolor Signed lower left 26.5 x 34.5 cm (view) Frame 40.5 x 49 cm

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 65 - Georges ROSE(1895-1951). French school "Chantilly Castle." Pencil and watercolor drawing, signed lower right. Bears the stamp of the estate of Monseigneur le comte de Paris (2000). 40 x 26 cm. Under glass. Gilded gift.

Estim. 400 - 500 EUR

Lot 66 - Equestrian group representing Louis XIV after Martin van den Bogaerts, known as Martin Desjardins; standing on a brown tortoiseshell and engraved brass base decorated with quartefoils in lozenges, the uprights with cornucopia-shaped falls, decorated with canals and lion's heads (small missing at the back). Signed in bronze and wood by Escalier de cristal in Paris. Louis XIV style, 19th century. H : 66 cm, W : 54 cm, D : 20 cm Bibliographical references M. Martin, Les Monuments équestres de Louis XIV, Paris, 1986. A. and D. Masseau, L'Escalier de cristal, Saint-Remy-en-l'Eau, 2021. Martins Desjardins had originally planned to create two equestrian statues of Louis XIV in the 1680s. Only the monument for the city of Lyon was finally executed (a reduction of the Aix-en-Provence model was sold in Paris, Sotheby's, October 18, 2006, lot 18). The statue still adorns the Place Bellecour and illustrates the "propaganda enterprise" of the French monarchy, whereby Louis XIV, at the height of his glory, commissioned the erection of an equestrian statue of himself in ten major cities, including Paris (Place des Victoires), Dijon and Rennes. Several reductions were probably made in the late 17th or early 18th century. The Escalier de cristal company, run by brothers Henry and Georges Pannier, offered the Louis XIV resting on plinths to be chosen by the customer, either in Boulle marquetry or in marble; the so-called "rich" plinth in Boulle marquetry is well described in Henry Pannier's (1855-1935) "carnet bleu" with "cornes d'abondance" (A. and D. Masseau, L'Escalier de cristal, Saint-Remy-en-l'Eau, 2021, p. 263 (ill.). Larminet Davioud Collection.

Estim. 20 000 - 25 000 EUR

Lot 67 - MARIE LESZCZYNSKA AS JUNO AFTER GUILLAUME COUSTOU (1677-1746) Brown patina bronze, Collas reduction stamp. The Queen of France before a peacock, attribute of Juno, holds in her hands the attributes of power brought by a putto. H. 38 cm - F. RIONNET, Les bronzes Barbedienne. L'oeuvre d'une dynastie de fondeurs (1834-1954), Paris, 2016, p. 236. This statue, commissioned by the Duc d'Antin in 1725, is the counterpart to Louis XV's Jupiter, first placed in the park of the Château de Petit-Bourg, then in the bosquet du Dauphin at Versailles in 1736, and finally in the park of the Grand Trianon in 1776. Seized during the French Revolution, it is now in the Louvre (MR 1813; N 15422).

Estim. 600 - 800 EUR

Lot 68 - Pierre-Jules MÈNE (1810-1979), after Veneur Louis XV on horseback. Bronze with brown patina on a marble terrace. Height: 40 cm.

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 69 - Jean-Antoine HOUDON (1741-1828), after Buste de Voltaire sur piedouche. Bronze with medal patina. Signed on the back HOUDON 1778. Fragment of the seated statue of Voltaire. Voltaire posed for a few hours in 1778 for a bronze statuette exhibited at the Salon of 1779, then sent to the Empress of Russia (replica in the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg). The original plaster cast is kept at the Bibliothèque nationale and a replica at the Institut. Voltaire is depicted in the costume of Cincinnatus. Height 32 cm Cast in the 19th century.

Estim. 600 - 800 EUR

Lot 70 - Cast-iron medallion representing the Spanish royal family We recognize King Charles IV (1748-1819), Queen Marie Louise de Bourbon-Parme (1751-1819) and six of their children, including Marie-Louise de Bourbon (1782 - 1824) and Ferdinand VII the future King of Spain (1784 - 1833) on the right. Good condition 18 cm in diameter Circa 1800

Estim. 100 - 150 EUR

Lot 71 - TABLE CLOCK in patinated bronze, dial with Roman numerals. Provenance: Chateau de Neuilly, residence of King Louis-Philippe (marks on the back: LP crowned over an N for Château de Neuilly and inventory number 6909). Missing hands and balance wheel, as is. Height: 26.5 cm

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 72 - 19th CENTURY FRENCH SCHOOL King Louis XVI holding his will. Brown patina bronze on a base decorated with the great coat of arms of France in chased ormolu. Restoration period. Height 32.5 cm A bump on the nose.

Estim. 1 800 - 2 000 EUR

Lot 73 - LOUIS XVI and MARIE-ANTOINETTE Pair of brown patina bronze busts on royal red marble pedestals. The bust of Queen Marie-Antoinette with a profile of King Louis XVI around her neck is a copy of the bust created by Félix Lecomte and kept at the Château de Versailles. Louis XVI: 31 cm Marie-Antoinette: 33 cm Cast in the 19th century.

Estim. 2 000 - 2 500 EUR

Lot 74 - Adrien Etienne GAUDEZ (1845-1902) "Louison à la tête des femmes de la halle, October 5, 1789". Fine proof in bronze with brown patina. Signed on the base "A. Gaudez" and titled on a cartouche. Height: 60 cm After the plaster chief model presented at the 1889 Salon des Artistes Français and acquired by the French State in 1892. Louise Chabry is best known for leading the women's drum march from the Halle to Versailles in the face of famine. Arriving in front of King Louis XVI, she is said to have had only enough time to ask for "bread" before fainting. The king took her in his arms and calmed the crowd for a while, promising bread for the people.

Estim. 500 - 600 EUR

Lot 75 - Joseph Charles MARIN (1759-1834), after Bust of Georges COUTHON in patinated plaster. Signed MARIN Fecit 1791 on the back. Minor accidents, patina wear. Height: 44 cm Georges Couthon (1755-1794) was a lawyer and famous Conventionnel, member of the "triumvirate" of the Comité de salut public with Robespierre and Saint-Jus. He led the siege of rebellious Lyon. He passed the law of 22 prairial (June 10, 1794), which organized the "Great Terror", and was arrested at the same time as Robespierre, and guillotined on 10 thermidor (July 28, 1794). To our knowledge, there are no other models of this bust of Couthon by Marin.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 76 - Important letters patent, ennoblement patent, in the name of Jean Hüe, esquire, seigneur de La Fosse. Coat of arms painted in the center On vellum, made in Paris in April 1595. Signed by King Henri IV "Henry". Stamped by the Comte de WAROQUIER. The reverse bears the remains of the green wax seal, with a Restoration-era envelope addressed to Barbary Langlade, deputy of the Dordogne. 68 x 53 cm. A.B.E. (Worn, partly faded). We thank Mr. Alban Pérès for his help in identifying the coat of arms. Biography : Jean Hüe, sieur de la Fosse Born in 1520 (rectified in 1530), he declared himself an ardent supporter of Henri IV and, as he was "old and caducous", could not actively serve him, he equipped a company of men-at-arms at his own expense "with arms, horses and equipment", which joined the royal army, led by his sons "most suited to the profession of arms". In 1784, Comte de Waroquier de Méricourt de La Mothe de Combles produced a historical table of the nobility.

Estim. 1 500 - 2 000 EUR

Lot 77 - EPITOME BARONII (Cesare Baronio 1538-1607) Annales Ecclesiastici ex XII Tomis. Volume in quarto in a binding decorated in the center with the coat of arms of France encircled by a laurel garland on a background of crowned L's and fleur-de-lys gilded in small irons. Gilt edges. 17th century. Worn condition. Not collated. 37 x 25 cm

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 78 - After Georges Charles COUDRAY (1862 - 1932) "Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais" Terra cotta profile, signed "G. Coudray 1883". Diam: 36 cm.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 79 - Heavy oak carrying case, with two folding handles on the sides and a fixed handle on the lid, reinforced and larded with wrought-iron plates and cut-out fittings. On the lid, a round plate decorated with the King Louis XV cipher and three fleurs-de-lis. Inside, one of the reinforcing fittings is engraved with a cross and the annotation "François Leprin (?) Serrurier du Roy", dated "1739". Dim 75 x 46 x Ht 28 cm. B.E. of use. 18th century

Estim. 3 000 - 4 000 EUR

Lot 80 - "Respect for the Law. Oval silver medallion with chain. Obverse: fleur-de-lys. Reverse: "Respect à la Loi. A.B.E. refrappe. 5.3 x 3.8 cm. Weight : 45,10g.

Estim. 100 - 200 EUR

Lot 80.1 - Chess pawn, seditious with the profile of King Louis XVI. Turned wood. Height: 7 cm. A.B.E. Early 19th century.

Estim. 300 - 350 EUR

Lot 81 - Beautiful enamel-on-copper snuffbox. Gilded copper frame decorated on the lid with a country scene animated by characters. On the back, a game scene. On the front, an arrival of fishermen. On the sides, angling and a cooper's boat. Accompanied by a pen-and-ink bill with seal. Provenance: "I declare .... that the snuffbox depicting boats was purchased by my grandfather F. de Palesieux, a senior officer in the service of France under Louis XV. This snuffbox belonged to Voltaire and has been preserved to this day in my family as a precious souvenir. Paris 1860. Under the seal of my friends and my signature. A.M. de Palesieux de Frariere." Dim : 8,5 x 6,5 x Ht 3,5 cm. A.B.E. 18th century (enamel cracks in places, no chips). The de Palézieux family is an ancient noble family from the Pays de Vaud (Switzerland).

Estim. 800 - 1 200 EUR

Lot 82 - Travel trunk of Madame Sophie (1734-1782), sixth daughter of King Louis XV and Marie Leszczyńska. Wooden, leather-covered, with three wooden reinforcing bands on the lid, wrought-iron reinforcing bands and corners. Lid marked with small brass studs "LIVRE" and "C de Md SOPHIE". Closes with two wrought-iron locks. Transportable by two folding side handles also in wrought iron. Length: 113 cm. Width: 54 cm. Height with lid: 52 cm. Misses and wear. Circa 1760-1770. Biography: Sophie Philippe Élisabeth Justine de France, born July 27, 1734 in Versailles and died March 3, 1782 in Versailles, better known as Madame Sophie, was the sixth daughter and eighth of ten children of Louis XV and Marie Leszczyńska.

Estim. 3 000 - 4 000 EUR

Lot 83 - SUITE DE ONZE MOULAGES EN PLATRE PROVENANT DE LA COLLECTION DES SCEAUX : 140. Napoleon I Emperor seal. Obverse. Diameter: 12.3 cm. 141. Napoleon I. Imperial seal of titles. Obverse. Diameter: 12.3 cm. 142. Small Napoleon I seal. Diameter: 5 cm. 143. Small seal, Kingdom of Italy. Obverse. Diameter: 7 cm. 144. Cent jours seal. Obverse side. Diameter: 12 cm. 145. Louis XVIII. Large seal. Obverse. Diameter: 12.5 cm. 145 bis. Louis XVIII. Small seal. Obverse. Diameter: 12.4 cm. 146. Charles X. Large seal. Reverse side. Diameter: 12.4 cm. 150. Napoleon Large seal. Reverse side. Diameter: 12.3 cm. Napoleon in 1852. Obverse. Diameter: 12.4 cm. 238. Reunion Order. Part 1. In two parts. Diameter: 10.4 cm. In cardboard boxes. With dispatch letter (1905) from the director of the national archives to General MOURLAN (1836-1909)

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 84 - Pierre-Nicolas BEAUVALLET (1750-1818), after Oval plaque in terracotta patinated plaster featuring the profiles of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette. Marked on the rim "VERSAILLES LOUIS XVI - MARIE -ANTOINETTE". 34 x 28 cm. Wear

Estim. 100 - 150 EUR

Lot 85 - Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne (1756-1819) Autograph letter signed and dated November 18, 1790, addressed to a newspaper editor, pleading for the publication of his verse poem committed to the Revolution. "when the object of this poem is to cover the enemies of the constitution with ridicule, and there is no weapon in france more deadly than this one, to hasten to bring this work to light is, I believe, to make an act of patriotism". Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne, a former parliamentary lawyer and Paris deputy, was an important member of the Comité de salut public during the French Revolution.

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 86 - "To Citizen Benezech Minister of the Interior in Paris". "To Citizen Minister of War in Paris". "To Citizen Macors, Brigadier General, Inspector General of Artillery, Commander-in-Chief of the Ocean Coast Army, Rennes". Set of three envelopes sent by an officer of the Armée des côtes de l'Océan, decorated with pen-and-ink artillery trophies and watercolors. Framed under glass. B.E. Circa 1796.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 87 - In cardboard folder titled "Jubilee Day 1897" (Queen Victoria's Jubilee for her Sixtieth Anniversary of Reign), set of eight albumen prints mounted on cardboard. Subjects: Indian troops, naval brigade, colonial cavalry, the Grey Scots, "Her Majesty the Queen", "The Queens Carriage entering King William Street", etc. On rectos of proofs, authors (L. S. P. Co) and numbers (such as 4260 or 4213). On the reverse, captions in English and French. Average visual size approx. 27 x 19.3 cm. Medium size mounts approx. 30.2 x 24.8 cm. Freckles and stains.

Estim. 400 - 600 EUR

Lot 88 - Autograph letter signed by Edme-Bonaventure Courtois (1754-1816), dated April 20, 1792, addressed to his friend Monsieur Jourdain on rue de Savoie. Personal message from Courtois to his friend, expressing his regret at not having been able to meet him and inviting him to see his wife and daughter.

Estim. 100 - 150 EUR

Lot 89 - Planches relatives à l'ordonnance du Roi du 6 décembre 1829 sur l'exercice et les évolutions de la cavalerie, Ministère de la Guerre, à Paris imprimerie royale 1829. One volume, paperback (binding in poor condition). 35 x 23 cm

Estim. 150 - 200 EUR

Lot 90 - Rare British passport dated 1830. British passport; or authorization to travel on French territory, numbered 2273; issued to British citizens Mr and Mrs Grun. Issued in Paris, November 12, 1830. Paper with large British royal coat of arms and Stuart coat of arms. Dimensions: 43 x 26.5 cm. With autograph signature of the British Ambassador to France, the Right Honorable Charles, Lord Stuart de Rothesay. Lord Charles Stuart, first Baron de Rothesay (January 2, 1779 - November 6, 1845) was a British diplomat. He was twice ambassador to France (1815-1825 and 1828-1830). Chevalier-grand-croix du plus honorable ordre du Bath (GCB) in 1815. In 1830, by decree of King Louis-Philippe, the movement of foreign nationals was restricted in France to limit political unrest, and required a passport. All travel was authorized by the Prefect of the French Police, in this case Achille comte Treilhard (1785-1855), Prefect of Police from November 7, 1830 to December 26, 1830.

Estim. 100 - 150 EUR

Lot 91 - "Pavane pour orchestre et choeur" by Gabriel FAURE (1845-1924) dedicated to the Comtesse Greffulhe. Patrition of Fauré's famous Pavane transcribed for piano and annotated in pen "A Madame la Comtesse Greffulhe". Dedicated to Proust's muse, Fauré's Pavane is a musical portrait composed in gratitude for an invitation to the villa in Dieppe of Elisabeth de Caraman-Chimay, Countess Greffulhe. Four pages. Tears, wear. 36 x 27 cm

Estim. 100 - 150 EUR

Lot 92 - ALMANACH ROYAL, année MDCCXXXIX [Paris, la veuve d'Houry, 1739]. In-8, 425-(one blank) pp. garnet morocco, ribbed spine cloisonné and fleurdelisé, gilt lace framing on covers with gilt coat of arms in center, decorated edges, endpapers of fine gilt paper, gilt edges; two worn corners, one with leather missing, lower half of title leaf cut out (period binding). MAROQUIN WITH THE ARMS OF THE COMTE DE CHAROLAIS OR THE COMTE DE CLERMONT (OHR, pl. 2634). Grandsons of Louis XIV through their mother Louise-Françoise de Bourbon, Charles and Louis de Bourbon were sons of the Prince de Condé.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 93 - Marion HARLAND, née Mary Virginia TERHUNE (England, 1830-1922) COMMON SENSE IN THE HOUSEHOLD, MANUAL OF PRACTICAL HOUSEWIFERY Publisher Charles Scribner's sons, New York, 1884 Bound in leather, spine with six compartments decorated with small irons 544 p. In-huit Wear, restoration Sale following the death of the Duchess De Nemours

Estim. 150 - 200 EUR

Lot 94 - ALMANACH - Reunion of 3 vol. in-32: -Calendrier de la Cour, 1773, contemporary morocco; -Etrennes Nationales et curieuses, 1793, contemporary green morocco; -Calendrier de la Cour, 1769, contemporary morocco (very worn).

Estim. 120 - 150 EUR

Lot 95 - ALMANACH ROYAL year 1762. Le Breton, 1762. In-8 contemporary red morocco, ornate ribbed spine, large gilt plate framing the boards, gilt edges (binding attributable to Dubuisson). Binding previously restored, one hinge cracked.

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 96 - Manufacture de Sèvres King Louis XVI and Queen Marie-Antoinette. Round cookie profiles. Stamped on the back. Diam. 10 cm. Scratches

Estim. 150 - 200 EUR

Lot 97 - "The Count of Chambord. Plaster bust on pedestal with polychrome coat of arms of France and inscription "Adveniat Regnum Tuum" (May your Kingdom come). Height: 33 cm. A.B.E. 19th century (corner of pedestal glued back, chips).

Estim. 250 - 300 EUR

Lot 98 - Bisque porcelain bust from the Manufacture de Sèvres representing Louis Antoine Duc d'Angoulême (1775-1844), in admiral's dress, wearing the grand cordon and plaque of the Order of Saint-Louis and the insignia of the Order of the Golden Fleece. On the back, debossed mark "SZ 11 xbre N°1 Sèvres 11 décembre 1816, mouleur Alexandre Brachard (1775-1843), grande taille". Height: 39 cm (firing cracks). A.B.E. (later piedouche).

Estim. 1 000 - 1 200 EUR

Lot 99 - Two bands of lace decorated with a semi of flowers and a border of tulips. Accompanied by a 20th-century note in pen "Point à l'aiguille ayant appartenu à Marie-Antoinette reine de France". Provenance: Château of the Curières de Castelnau family. Lengths: 210 and 180 cm

Estim. 600 - 800 EUR

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Lot 12 - 17th century HOLLAND SCHOOL, follower of Pieter Nason Portrait of a child near a fountain Canvas Height : 126 cm Width : 101 cm Old restorations

Lot 13 - 17th century French school Portrait of Françoise Angélique de la Mothe Houdancourt, duchesse d'Aumont. Oil on canvas. 67.5 x 55 cm Probably based on the portrait attributed to Mignard and kept at the Musée Condé, Château de Chantilly (PE 133).

Lot 15 - French school of the late 17th or early 18th century. Portrait of a man Oil on canvas (craquelure, small paint chips). Louis XIV style wood and gilded stucco frame. 73 x 59.5 cm. This portrait was considered by family tradition to be that of Colbert.

Lot 16 - French school of the late 17th-early 18th century. Portrait of a man holding a book. Oil on canvas. Louis XIV period gilded wood frame. An accident (2cm tear) at the bottom. 46.5 x 38 cm

Lot 17 - Follower of Pieter NASON (1612-1688), Portrait of a young girl with her dog. Oil on canvas. Wood and stucco frame. 80 x 63 cm sight.

Lot 19 - FRENCH SCHOOL circa 1720, workshop of Hyacinthe RIGAUD Portrait of Henri-Louis de la Tour d'Auvergne (1679-1753), Count of Evreux. Oil on canvas 96 x 77cm (foxed, restorations, cut at the bottom) Gilded wood frame

Lot 20 - Early 18th century French school Portrait of a woman, possibly Louise-Françoise de Bourbon dite mademoiselle de Nantes. Oil on canvas. Gilded wood frame with fleurdelys at the corners, inscribed "P. Mignard". 41.5 x 32.5 cm Faded

Lot 21 - Early 18th century French school Portrait of a man, possibly Louis III de Bourbon-Condé ? Oil on canvas. Gilded wood frame with fleurdelys at the corners bearing a "P. Mignard". 41.5 x 32.5 cm Faded.

Lot 22 - FRENCH SCHOOL circa 1700, follower of Pierre RABON Portrait of Louis XIV Oval canvas mounted on panel in a Louis XIV period frame Height : 40 cm Width : 32,5 cm Small missing frame.

Lot 23 - 18th century French school Portrait of a marquise in front of a landscape background. Coat of arms under marquise's crown at top left. Oil on canvas. Wood and gilded stucco frame. 91.5 x 72.5 cm

Lot 24 - 18th century AUSTRIAN SCHOOL Portrait of Emperor Joseph II of Habsburg Oil on canvas Height: 38 cm Width: 29.5 cm Wood and gilded stucco frame Faded, restorations.

Lot 26 - Northern European school, 18th century Portrait of a nun holding a book. Coat of arms under marquis's crown, top left. Oil on canvas. Restoration. 85 x 62.5 cm

Lot 31 - French school circa 1690, entourage of Hyacinthe Rigaud Portrait of a lady in an orange silk overcoat, known as Geneviève François de Harlay, wife of Henri de Damas. Oval canvas Louis XIV period gilded wood frame (accidents) Height : 80 cm Width : 64 cm

Lot 32 - 18th CENTURY FRENCH ECOLE, follower of Carle van LOO (1705-1765) Pair of portraits of King Louis XV and Queen Marie Leszczynska. Oil on canvas in an 18th-century gilded wood frame. 81 x 65 cm T.B.E.

Lot 34 - 18th CENTURY FRENCH SCHOOL Portrait of a seated woman with a rose blossom headdress. Oil on canvas Gilded wood frame 32 x 29 cm Inscribed on the stretcher on the back, almost illegible, label numbered 780, and dated on the stretcher 1786.

Lot 35 - FRENCH SCHOOL circa 1780 Bust-length portrait of a lady with folded hands Oval canvas Louis XVI period carved and gilded wood frame with pediment and lamp base Height : 69 cm Width: 55 cm Old restorations

Lot 40 - NOURY Jacques (1747-1832) Pair of portraits of Luc Tavigny du Lompret and his wife, née Louise Françoise Germainville, according to a family label on the back. Oil on canvas. One signed lower left and dated 1805. 80 x 65 cm. Modern stretcher, good condition. Original gilded wood frame.

Lot 43 - 18th century English school, follower of Michael Dahl Portrait of an elegant woman in a blue dress. Oil on canvas mounted on oval cardboard. Gilded wood frame. 32.5 x 27 cm Inscribed in pen on the back "L J Bridgewater nee Brgh 1761 Sir Jo. Reinold pinxit".

Lot 48 - Late 18th century French school. After Alexandre KUCHARSKI. "Marie-Antoinette at the temple". Oil on canvas. 21.5 x 16.5 cm. Provenance: Cornette de saint Cyr sale 22/11/2016. Framed, missing paint.

Lot 51 - 19th century French school Portrait of King Louis XVIII Oil on canvas 65.5 x 54 cm Wood and gilded stucco frame Faded, restorations.

Lot 53 - After a drawing by Pierre BOUILLON (Thiviers 1776 - Paris 1831) Portrait of King Louis XVIII Engraved by Pierre AUDOUIN Wood and gilded stucco frame 51.5 x 40.5 cm with frame.

Lot 55 - Joseph NAVLET (1821-1889) The Oath Gouache signed lower left. 30 x 46 cm In 1794, Year V of the Republic, in Strasbourg Cathedral, the Clergy was obliged to take an oath to the Constitution under the guidance of M. Saint-Just, Commissioner of the Assembly.

Lot 58 - Framed lithograph depicting the Vendéen general Henri de la Rochejaquelin after Guérin's painting. Stamp "Au profit des vendéens". Freckles 72 x 53 cm

Lot 61 - HENRI DETAILLE (1861-1943) Chasseur à cheval en pied 1789. Watercolor and ink signed and dated 1942 lower right. 43 x 28.5 cm. Coaster, gilded wood frame

Lot 62 - French school of the late eighteenth century. "Portrait of a General on Horseback, under the Directoire." Charcoal and pastel drawing. 36 x 45 cm. Framed under glass. B.E.

Lot 63 - 19th CENTURY FRENCH SCHOOL Portrait of the French king Louis-Philippe I seated, holding a document in his hand, probably the Chartes de 1830. Behind him are the crown and the royal scepter. Oil on canvas. 41 x 32.5 cm Repainting and restorations.

Lot 64 - P. Dubuisson (XIX-XX) The Queen's hamlet, Château de Versailles Watercolor Signed lower left 26.5 x 34.5 cm (view) Frame 40.5 x 49 cm

Lot 65 - Georges ROSE(1895-1951). French school "Chantilly Castle." Pencil and watercolor drawing, signed lower right. Bears the stamp of the estate of Monseigneur le comte de Paris (2000). 40 x 26 cm. Under glass. Gilded gift.

Lot 68 - Pierre-Jules MÈNE (1810-1979), after Veneur Louis XV on horseback. Bronze with brown patina on a marble terrace. Height: 40 cm.

Lot 71 - TABLE CLOCK in patinated bronze, dial with Roman numerals. Provenance: Chateau de Neuilly, residence of King Louis-Philippe (marks on the back: LP crowned over an N for Château de Neuilly and inventory number 6909). Missing hands and balance wheel, as is. Height: 26.5 cm

Lot 72 - 19th CENTURY FRENCH SCHOOL King Louis XVI holding his will. Brown patina bronze on a base decorated with the great coat of arms of France in chased ormolu. Restoration period. Height 32.5 cm A bump on the nose.