ATTRIBUTED TO FRANÇOIS-JOSEPH KINSON | Portrait of General Anne-Charles Lebrun (1775–1859)

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 GBP

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Description

François-Joseph Kinson
Portrait of General Anne-Charles Lebrun (1775–1859)
oil on canvas
207 x 130.5 cm.; 81 1/2 x 51 3/8 in.

Provenance

Anonymous sale ('La Collection d'un Grand Amateur Francais'), London, Sotheby's, 7 December 2000, lot 46 (as Attributed to Kinson);
Where acquired by the present owner.

Catalogue Note

Anne-Charles Lebrun served as Napoleon's Aide-de-Camp in a number of campaigns, and became General in 1807. He is best known however as Desaix's Aide-de-Camp, whom he caught as he fell from his horse, mortally wounded, at the Battle of Marengo, 14 June 1800.