Painting
- Title:
- Charles Francis Robert Lefebvre
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1979.020.02
- Creator:
- Holfeld, Hippolyte-Dominique (1804-1872)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Paris, France
- Date:
- 1839
- Description:
- Portrait of Charles Francis Robert Lefebvre (1813-1855), by Hippolyte-Dominique Holfeld (1804-1872), 1839. Oil on canvas. Three-quarter length portrait of a young man, facing left; eyes toward viewer. Sitter has red hair and moustache. He is wearing a military uniform: gray coat, gold epaulets, red medal pinned to chest, red trousers, white gloves, sword belt with circular bronze medallions; holding a gold hilt sword with his left hand. Green background with red curtain at right. Four paper labels with handwritten ink inscriptions adhered to back of frame, left to right: "New Hampshire Historical Society / Concord, N.H. / ... Source: Charles R. Walker", "Painted by / Coldfeld", "(This written at Concord 3d June 1852.) / This is a fine likeness of Charles R. Lefebvre of Paris / by Oldfeld, of Paris -- a natural Son of the late Count / Rumford's. Certainly not favored as it respects illegiti / macy, but in other respects good, & a character that bids / fair for some considerable renown. Has already two beautiful little [children -a Son & a daughter.]", "Mr. [C.] L. painted by Mr. Holfad in 1839 [Sep]tember 23 Friday -aged [25]", and "Countess Sarah of Rumford / [to be] returned when she / [illegible] 1852." Nameplate on frame: "CAPT. CHARLES R. LEFEBVRE." Unsigned. Gilded gesso over wood frame; applied anthemion, scrolls, and flowers in corners.
- Material:
- Textile
Canvas - Dimensions:
- H-15.9 W-12.7 D-0.7 inches
- Provenance:
- Originally owned by Sarah Thompson, Countess Rumford, who bequeathed her collection of family portraits to her cousin Joseph Burbeen Walker (1822-1913) in 1852. The portraits then passed to his son Charles R. Walker (1852-1922), and to his grandson Sheafe Walker, the donor.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Sheafe Walker
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