This portrait of Jean-Baptiste Hertel de Rouville (1668-1722) is one of the earliest civil portraits executed in New france. Born in Trois-Rivières and granted the seigneury of Rouville at Mont Saint-Hilaire, Hertel de Rouville served on Governor Brisay de Denonville's campaign against the Senecas in 1867. He also led the raid on Deerfield, Massachusetts, in 1704. When he was made knight of the order of Saint Louis in 1721, Hertel de Rouville had the insignia of the Order added to the portrait.