Pastel Portrait Of Jean-baptiste De Beveurand

French School, 18th century. Presumed portrait of Jean-Baptiste de Beuverand. Oil pastel on oval paper. Inscription on the back of the frame: "Jean Bastiste Debeuverand, Councilor to the Parliament of Dijon, March 15, 1763." 52 x 42 cm (sight). Framed and under glass. Jean-Baptiste de Beuverand was a councilor to the Parliament of Burgundy in the 18th century. He refused to emigrate at the time of the Revolution, while his son joined Condé's armies and settled in his fiefdom at Demigny, near Beaune. In 1792, the municipality decided to plant, as was then the custom in many French towns, a "liberty tree" in the public square. It is reported that Beuverand's absence was noticed and inflamed the crowds, who went to his home to force him to kiss the democratic emblem that had just been planted. That day, his house was looted; the day after, market day, it was again looted by embittered individuals; before being looted a third time due to the impunity enjoyed on the first two days. Dimensions with frame: Height 72 cm, Width 61 cm