Henri Nicolas VAN GORP (attributed to). Portrait of Jean Adolphe Tillette de Buigny, in the uniform of the King's bodyguard. Oil on canvas (small chips) with supplier's mark "Bellot, rue de l'arbre sec n°3". With identification on the stretcher and annotation "painted in March 1818". 24 x 19 cm Gilded frame with rocaille decoration. Historical background: Jean Adolphe Tillette de Buigny, chevalier and bodyguard to the King, was known to have married Alexandrine de Cossette (b. 1802) in 1822. Buigny died childless on March 18, 1824.