Portrait Of A Man From The Restoration Period (81 Cm X 65 Cm)

portrait of a man from the restoration period. It could be the portrait of a Marshal of the First Empire painted in civilian costume under the restoration. the painting is beautifully made (invoice identical to that of painters known under the empire such as Franque but not signed! ..? The post-revolutionary period had known similar phenomena, the people represented not wishing to be recognized ... preferring keep anonymity out of prudence. A witch hunt took place after the abdication of Napoleon I, the Bourbons seeking to settle accounts with those who had persecuted them. Likewise, the figures represented were closely linked to the Empire, was it wiser for the painter not to sign the painting Bonapartism then continued to manifest itself in a "seditious" form.