Antoinette Cécile Hortense HAUDEBOURG, known as HAUDEBOURG L - Lot 3

Antoinette Cécile Hortense HAUDEBOURG, known as HAUDEBOURG LESCOT (Paris 1784-1845) Portrait of General Herbin-Dessaux in Brigadier General's uniform, wearing his decorations. Oil on canvas. Signed, localized and dated on the right "Hortense Lescot Rome 1807" (signature reinforced). Bears a label on the reverse of the stretcher "Le Général Herbin Dessaux né à Jauval (Ardennes) en 1755 décédé en son château de Balen (Ardennes) en 1832". Bears a 20th-century label on the reverse 74 x 60.5 cm Old restorations, the decorations were modified during the Restoration by the addition of the Cross of Saint Louis and the wearing in saltire of the insignia of Commander of the Legion of Honor. The same year, in Rome, Hortense Lescot also painted the Portrait of Pierre Paris, architect and interim director of the French Imperial Academy in Rome (now in Besançon). Born Hortense Lescot, who became Haudebourt-Lescot by marriage, Hortense Haudebourg-Lescot was trained in Paris and then in Rome by Guillaume Guillon dit Lethière. She enjoyed depicting scenes of popular Italian life before being adopted as a portraitist by Parisian society. Appointed painter to the Duchesse de Berry, under Louis-Philippe she received commissions for Versailles. Biography: Jean Baptiste HERBIN-DESSAUX (1755-1832) Soldier in 1775, second lieutenant in 1781, lieutenant in 1787, captain in 1792, he commanded a company of grenadiers and served in the armies of the Alps and Italy. Appointed brigade commander, he distinguished himself at the battle of Castiglione delle Stiviere (August 3-5, 1796, in Lombardy: Bonaparte's victory over the Austrians). Appointed brigadier general, he distinguished himself at the battle of Marengo (June 14, 1800, in Piedmont: Bonaparte's victory over the Austrians). He served under Masséna. He made a major contribution to the French victory over the Austrians at Castelfranco Veneto in 1805. He returned to France in 1809 and retired. Recalled to active service in 1814, he commanded a military division in the Ardennes. After Napoleon I's abdication, he submitted to Louis XVIII and was put in command of the Ardennes department. Made a knight of Saint-Louis, he was promoted to lieutenant-general, a rank he retained during the Hundred Days. He finally retired in 1816. He had been Knight of the Iron Crown since March 18, 1807, and Commander of the Legion of Honor since An XII. Created in collaboration with Cabinet Turquin.