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FROM THE DINING ROOM OF THE CHÂTEAU D’EU
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160
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FROM THE DINING ROOM OF THE CHÂTEAU D’EU
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Estimate €3,000 - €5,000
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Description
FROM THE DINING ROOM OF THE CHÂTEAU D’EU
Sébastien Melchior CORNU (1804–1870), after Georges ROUGET
‘General Kellermann, commander of the Army of the Moselle in 1792 ”
OIL ON CANVAS with inventory number ‘374’ in the top right-hand corner.
65 x 53 cm.
Reverse side with stencilled biography: ‘François Christophe Kellermann, Duke of Valmy, Peer and Marshal of France,
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour and the Order of Saint Louis, etc. Marshal Kellermann, Duke of Valmy
Born in Strasbourg on 28 May 1735
Died in Paris on 13 September 1820
Appointed Marshal of the Empire on 19 May 1804.”
Stencil mark of the Château d’Eu “EU” beneath a royal crown. Red stencil mark “LP” beneath a crown and number 2018.
(Signs of wear and minor losses).
Executed c. 1836
Bibliography:
-‘Gallery of Portraits, Paintings and Busts at the Château d’Eu’, 1836, p. 236, clearly referenced under number 374.
‘Painted after the portrait in the Gallery of the Palace of Versailles’
-Alain POUGETOUX, ‘Georges Rouget’, Paris Musées, 1995
-Louisa Stuart COSTELLO, ‘A Pilgrimage to Auvergne, from Picardy to Le Velay’, Volume II, Bentley, New Burlington, p. 346, regarding the mention of the portrait in the dining room of the Château d’Eu in 1842.
Background:
Home to a gallery of portraits relating to the Guise and Orléans families, the Château d’Eu also housed portraits of figures with strong ties to the King of France, including General Kellermann.
Indeed, during the Battle of Valmy, Kellermann, who commanded the French armies, was seconded by the young Duke of Chartes, the future Louis-Philippe. He was then a Lieutenant-General, aged just 19. He was accompanied by his younger brother, the Duke of Montpensier.
The two men would always maintain a relationship of mutual respect.
In January 1836, a series of portraits of generals from the Revolution who had fought alongside the future King was commissioned for the dining room at the Château d’Eu. The proposal for these portraits can be viewed at the National Archives (20144790/61):
-For General Montesquiou, Mr Riondet.
-For Rochambeau, Miss Brisson.
-For Luckner, Miss Delaval.
-For Biron, Mademoiselle Revest, probably the version held at the Musée de l’Armée.
-For Valence, Madame Savoye.
-For Kellermann, Monsieur Cornu.
-For Alexandre de Beauharnais, Fournier de Berville. This painting is now housed at the Domaine de la Pagerie.
These portraits were bust versions of the full-length portraits commissioned less than two years earlier (April 1834) for Room 1792 at the Palace of Versailles, notably by Rouget.
Related work:
-Full-length portrait of General Kellermann by Georges ROUGET for the historical galleries at Versailles (1834–1835). Note the very close chronological proximity between this portrait and our bust version.
Expert: Arnaud de Gouvion Saint-Cyr
Provenance | Collection of Henri Dupuy de Lôme for his estate in the Var, then passed down through the family
Biography |
Stanislas Henri Laurent Dupuy de Lôme
Engineer in the French Navy (Ploemeur 1816–Paris 1885).
He built the first steamship, the *Napoléon* (1850), and the first armoured frigate, the *Gloire* (1858), which served as a model for the navy of the Second Empire. Member of the Council of State and Member of Parliament for Morbihan. In 1870, he succeeded in getting sixty airships out of besieged Paris. He had been a member of the Academy of Sciences since 1866.
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Lot description modified on 10/16/2026 at 9:00 AM
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