Collection of the Rochechouart de Mortemart Family
French School circa 1760
Portraits of Philippe Antoine, Count of Hunolstein (1750-1830) and François-Léonor of Hunolstein (1751-1832)
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Collection of the Rochechouart de Mortemart Family
French School circa 1760
Portraits of Philippe Antoine, Count of Hunolstein (1750-1830) and François-Léonor of Hunolstein (1751-1832)
A pair, both pastel on paper laid on board
(I) 45 x 37,2 cm (à vue) ; 17¾ by 14⅝ in. (image size) ; (II) 45,5 x 37,2 cm (à vue) ; 17⅞ by 14⅝ in. (image size)
(2)
Philippe-Antoine Vogt d’Hunolstein (1750-1830);
His son, Félix Vogt d’Hunolstein (1778-1838);
His son, Paul Vogt d’Hunolstein (1804-1892);
His son, Léopold Vogt d'Hunolstein (1830-1903);
His daughter, Hélène Vogt d’Hunolstein (1859-1904), spouse of Duke Arthur-Casimir de Mortemart (1856-1926);
Their son, François de Rochechouart de Mortemart, Prince of Tonnay-Charente (1909-1938);
His son, Louis-Victor de Rochechouart, Marquis of Mortemart (1909-1938);
His son, Charles-Louis de Rochechouart, Count of Mortemart (1933-2021);
Thence by descent;
Collection of the Rochechouart de Mortemart Family.
N. Jeffares, Dictionary of pastellists before 1800, on-line edition. nos. J.9.1834 (Philippe) and J.9.18341 (Francois).
These two pastel portraits of the sons of Philippe-Charles Vogt d’Hunolstein and Marie-Thérèse de Martainville were probably painted in Nancy towards the end of the 1750s. Another version of the portrait of Philippe-Antoine, by an anonymous hand, is in the Moselle county hall in Metz. Both brothers would have a brilliant military career in the Chartres-Dragoons Regiment.
In 1790, Philippe-Antoine, Comte d’Hunolstein, retired from the army, took possession of the Comté of Ottange and entered politics. He was imprisoned in 1792 for having been absent from his lands and sent to Switzerland with his son. His assets were sold by the State. When the amnesty law was passed, he was able to return to France and retired to Metz.
In 1785, François-Léonor, Baron d’Hunolstein, married Victoire, daughter of Madame de Cherisey. His mother handed him the seigneuries of Houdencourt, Franqueville, Harondel and Rouvroy, as well as the rights to the Vicomté de Domart. The Domaine de Houdencourt was seized as a national asset in 1789, forcing the family to emigrate.
