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A captain of the engineers

Unsigned1778

Musée de l'Armée - Hôtel des Invalides

Musée de l'Armée - Hôtel des Invalides
Paris, France

Bust portrait with a three-quarter profile to the left, face turned toward the viewer. He is wearing gold braided epaulettes with red piping. Wearing the officer's Cross of Saint-Louis. He is holding a chalk-holder in his right hand. In the background, we can see a marine harbor with a jetty on which there is a circular construction.

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  • Title: A captain of the engineers
  • Creator: Unsigned
  • Date Created: 1778
  • Location Created: France
  • Physical Dimensions: without frame: 0,537 (w) x 0,646 (h) m / with frame: 0,68 (w) x 0,78 (h) m
  • Provenance: acquisition date: July 1, 1957 (public sale purchase); previous collection: Paul Albert Jules Marmottan
  • Subject Keywords: Portrait, Oil painting
  • Type: Tableau
  • Medium: Peinture à l'huile
  • Inventory: 13224
  • Historic Period : Louis XVI (1774-1792)
Musée de l'Armée - Hôtel des Invalides

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