Lot 120: Portrait of Cardinal Anne-Louis-Henri de La Fare (1752-1829) standing on a pulpit in Reims cathedral

Pierre-Leonard-François Fontaine (Cergy-Pontoise 1762-1853 Paris) and Antoine Chazal (Paris 1793-1854) Portrait of Cardinal Anne-Louis-Henri de La Fare (1752-1829) standing on a pulpit in Reims cathedral inscribed by Chazal 'Fond composée et dessiné par Fontaine pour mon portrait en pied de Mgr / Le Cardinal Lafare.’ and ‘ Sacre de Charles X’ and ‘1825’ (on a strip of paper laid down on the bottom of the sheet) graphite, pen and grey ink, watercolour 10 1/3 x 7 2/3 in. (26.3 x 18.4 cm.)

26.3 x 18.4 cm.

Sir Francis Watson, and thence by descent to the present owner.

The sitter was bishop of Nancy before emigrating to Vienna during the Revolution and returned to France only after the fall of Napoleon. He was made archbishop of Sens in 1817 and created cardinal in 1823. He gave a long address on the occasion of the coronation of King Charles X in the Reims cathedral on 29 May 1825. This is a study for Chazal's engraving.