Large Portrait Of Baron Ambroise-françois Thomas Du Fossé De Bosmelet Early XIXth

Three-quarter portrait of Baron Ambroise-Francois Thomas du Fossé de Bosmelet * attributed to Jean Bonvoisin **. The Baron is dressed in his royal court auditorium dress, one will notice on this subject the square of ermine on his wrist. He wears a long and elegant white slightly pleated flap corresponding to his rank of lawyer and holds a rolled document in his left hand. Original gilt wood frame in Louis XVI Style adorned with a frieze of pearls, frame and original canvas. Provenance: Château de Bosmelet (Seine Maritime) * Ambroise-Thomas François du Fossé de Bosmelet born in Paris in 1789 died in Tréport in 1854, Baron, Knight, Lawyer and Auditor at the Royal Court of Rouen. First marriage on April 15, 1820 with Elisabeth Marthe Grandin (1798-1835), second marriage on July 25, 1837 with Louise Marie Henriette Blanche de Virieu (1814 -?) ** Jean Bonvoisin, French painter, born in Paris in 1752 and died in Paris in 1837. he obtained the second Prix de Rome for painting in 1774, the following year he obtained the first Prix de Rome. He was also administrator of the Central Museum of Arts (Future Louvre Museum), at the Restoration he became Professor of the free Royal School of Drawing of Saint Quentin. Dimensions: With frame: H 109.00 cm width: 89.5 cm Canvas: H 90.5 cm width: 71 cm