Nicolas Le Page From Varencé, Nantes (1708-1799) Time XVIIIth

Portrait painted on canvas of the Councilor of the King, General Controller of the Prévoté and measurement of the salt of Nantes, Nicolas Le Page of Varencé born in 1708 (according to the original writing mentioned on the back) + in 1799. His genealogy mentions born in 1718 (Généanet). During this portrait, he is an important officer of the Police and Customs in Nantes and for the "Fosse de Nantes". In 1754, he married Marie Lenée, an important family of Angers and Saumur, lady shot in Angers during the Revolution in 1794 at the age of 64 for refusing to recognize the religious service of constitutional priests; She is one of the 99 people shot in the field of the martyrs of Angers. She was beatified a few years ago. Portrait of the French School of the XVIIIth century whose painter is not identified but of a certain Provençal influence with regard to the general treatise of which the face and the wig show it. Portrait in very good condition on his original canvas bearing mention on the back of the name of the character. The frame is original gilded wood late eighteenth type. Dimensions: Overall: Height: 92.5 cm - Width: 76.5 cm At sight: Height: 79 cm - 62 cm