Louis Carrogis Carmontelle: Les Gentilshommes du Duc d'Orléans (1770)

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A painting by the French artist Louis Carrogis Carmontelle (1717-1806). This rather curious painting was made famous by a copy by the French artist Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux (1815–1884). The gouache shows 6 men from the backside standing in the gardens of Château de Saint-Cloud. These men are members of the court of Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (1725-1785) and are identified by a piece of paper which was attached to the back of the painting. According to the paper the men are dressed in the 'the uniform that the Prince had adopted for his campaigns'. From left to right these men are:

- The chevalier de Gax
- Charles Leon de Taillevis Jupeaux (1730 - 1791?), marquis de Périgny - president of the court of Rouen
- Jacques Auguste de Poillouë (1739-1794), chevalier de Saint-Mars - Deputy Aide-Major in the French royal guard
- Louis-Charles César Le Tellier (1695-1771), chevalier d’Estrées - inspector general of the French cavalry
- Pierre Saint-Martin, baron de Tourempé (1720-1783)
- the chevalier Desparts - perhaps Pierre-Alexis Asselin (1717-?), adviser of the French king

Painting from 1770.