Lot 487: French Portraits by Jean-Joseph Vaudechamp

A Pair of Important French Portraits of a Distinguished Couple, 19th c., Jean-Joseph Vaudechamp (French, 1790-1866, active New Orleans, 1831-1839), "Pierre-Louis Hector Crémière (d. 1876)", 1830, signed and dated lower right, sitter identified on late 19th c. label en verso, 31 3/4 in. x 25 1/2 in.; and Vincent Nicholas Raverat (French, 1801-1865), "Cornélie Alexandrine Athénaïs Surdun (d. 1883), wife of Hector Crémière", 1829, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right, sitter identified on later label en verso, 31 3/4 in. x 25 1/2 in., gilt frame, (2 pcs.) Provenance: With the sitters Pierre-Louis Hector Crémière (c. 1805-c.1875) and his wife Cornélie Alexandrine Athénaïs Surdun (c. 1810-1883), married 1830; to their son Léon Crémière (1831 (1831-1913), photographer to Napoleon III, and his wife Joséphine Césarine Baudinot, married 1854; to their son Captain Pierre Henri Crémière (b. 1857), recipient of the Légion of Honor, and his wife Émilie Ursule Marie Marthe Berthelon, married 1880; to their son Captain Pierre René Crémière (b. c. 1884) and his wife Solange Clochon La Touche (b. c. 1886), daughter of post-Impressionist painter Gaston La Touche (1854-1913), married 1909; thence by descent in the La Touche family; to the Estate sale of Gaston La Touche (1854-1913), Cyril Duval Enchères, La Flèche, France.