Lot 184: ALEXANDRE-JEAN DUBOIS-DRAHONET (PARIS 1791-1834 VERSAILLES) Portr

ALEXANDRE-JEAN DUBOIS-DRAHONET
(PARIS 1791-1834 VERSAILLES)
Portrait of Achille Deban de Laborde (1808-1888), later
Baron Dedeban de Laborde, full-length, with the medal of the
Légion d’honneur
signed and dated ‘AJDDuboisd...Verf / Pint. 1817. Janv_’ (‘AJD’ linked, lower
left), inscribed ‘MARENGO·26·MAI·1800X·’ (center, on the sword), inscribed
‘canon’ (center right, on the pistol) and inscribed ‘Achille DeLa Borde / 1808. /
Baron Delaborde. Colonel / Wagram le 6 Juillet. 1809.’ (on the reverse)
oil on canvas, unlined 59 x 39 5/8 in. (149.8 x 100.7 cm.)

PROVENANCE:
with Galerie Saint Georges, Paris, 1955.
Huart collection, Namur, and by descent to the present owner.