Louis Carrogis de Carmontelle
French, 1717-1806
Portrait of the Chevalier de Lézay
INV-2139
Louis Carrogis de Carmontelle
French, 1717-18061756
Portrait of the Chevalier de Lézay
Louis Carrogis de Carmontelle French, 1717-1806 →drawings (visual works)prints and drawing
Date
1756
Medium
Red and black chalk on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Primary support: 19.1 × 14.8 cm (7 9/16 × 5 7/8 in.); Secondary support: 22.2 × 17.6 cm (8 3/4 × 6 15/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Jean M. Massengale Memorial Fund
Son of a shoemaker, Carmontelle tutored children of the nobility and served as a topographical artist during the Seven Years’ War (1756–63). This portrait of a fellow soldier in his regiment, the Dragons de Beaufremont, was made early in his artistic career (few of his works from this period have survived). Carmontelle later joined the household of Louis-Philippe, Duc d’Orléans, and produced over 750 portraits of the people he encountered there.
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