Workshop of Jean Urbain GUERIN (1761-1836, France) - Lot 288

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Workshop of Jean Urbain GUERIN (1761-1836, France) - Lot 288
Workshop of Jean Urbain GUERIN (1761-1836, France) Portrait of General Kléber Gouache on cardboard 22 x18 cm Circa 1798 Several replicas of this portrait exist (cf. cat. exp. Miniatures, gouaches,estampes en couleurs françaises et anglaises, 1750-1815, Paris, BibliothèqueNationale, 1906, no. 175; G.C. Williamson, Catalogue of the collection ofminiatures the property of J. Pierpont Morgan, London, 1906-1908, vol. IV, n°626, pl. CCXXII; M. von Boehn, Miniaturen und Silhouetten, Munich, 1919, pl.XIII) and a preparatory study sold (Paris Drouot, December 12, 1990, n° 114, repr.). Our portrait, which is probably still in its original frame, is a studio replica, similar to the one on display at the Musée de l'Armée. Biography Jean-Baptiste Kléber (1753-1800) was an illustrious French general born in Strasbourg in 1753 and assassinated in Cairo on June 14, 1800. He was supreme commander of the French army in Egypt after the departure of Napoleon Bonaparte. He is shown here wearing his command belt around his waist.
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