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175 - Alexandre de LUTTON (Montargis 1789-1864) Portrait of Jean-B…
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Alexandre de LUTTON (Montargis 1789-1864) Portrait of Jean-Baptiste-Hugues Nelson-Cottreau in the uniform of Louis XVIII's black musketeer Canvas Monogrammed AL lower left Inscribed on the back (probably a retranscription of the signature on the back of the original canvas): painted by Alexandre Lutton in 1817. Height 216 cm; Width: 141 cm Born in Montargis on 4 July 1789, Alexandre de Lutton himself served in the King's Guard at the beginning of the Restoration, a circumstance in which he probably met his model. The King's bodyguard from 1813 to 1816, he was awarded the Légion d'honneur in 1814. After being shot in the right foot, he seems to have turned to a career in art. His presence is attested in 1821 in Metz as director of the School of Painting (1). He published a "Journal de Peinture" and left the city after the second issue. However, little is known about his biography. This full-length portrait shows Jean-Baptiste-Hugues Nelson-Cottreau (1786-1851), a member of a family of industrialists, sugar refiners and art collectors. In 1811, he wrote a collection of verses entitled "Le Bal de Brévannes" in the emerging Troubadour style, and later an essay dedicated to the painter Charles Kuwasseg (2). Lutton depicts him dressed in the uniform of the bodyguards of the 2nd company of Musketeers under the reign of Louis XVIII. Garde d'honneur in 1813 and 1814, officer in the king's musketeers in 1814 and 1815, Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur in 1814, he retired in 1816 with the rank of cavalry lieutenant. Bibliography: - (1) Guillaume-Ferdinand Teissier, Essai philologique sur les commencements de la typographie à Metz, et sur les imprimeurs de cette ville, Metz, 1828, p. 202. - (2) Jean Baptiste Hugues Nelson-Cottreau, Une existence d'artiste: essai biographique sur Charles Kuwasseg, peintre ; suivie de la biographie universelle, poésie, Paris, H.-L. Delloye éditeur, 1844. - Archives nationales, LH//1678/6, Notice L1678006, Alexandre de Lutton. The model was the son of Jean-Baptiste-Gabriel Cottreau and Marie Commard d'Espinay (marriage in 1778) - this couple descended from the families of Becdelièvre, de Montgolfier, de La Roche Saint-André, de La Lombardière de Canson, Berger de La Villardière, de Boysson, Courau , de Vregille, de Forsanz, Godinot, de Gayffier, Hallopeau, d'Haussy, Jullien de Pommerol, de La Motte-Ango de Flers, Le Cour Grandmaison, Mahot de La Quérantonnais, de Martin de Viviès, Mouterde, de Parscau du Plessix, Permezel, de Rasilly, de Retz de Serviès, de Kersabiec, Vidalenc ... Expert : Stéphane PINTA | Cabinet TURQUIN. Part I: Thursday 18 June 2026 - Chapter 7: Family furniture in a Sarthe residence
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Auction time 06/18/2026 at 2:00 PM
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