Collection of the Rochechouart de Mortemart Family
French School, late 17th Century
Portrait of Nicole Francoise de Montbis, Countess of Hombourg (1630-1708)
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Collection of the Rochechouart de Mortemart Family
French School, late 17th Century
Portrait of Nicole Francoise de Montbis, Countess of Hombourg (1630-1708)
Oil on canvas
80,4 x 65 cm ; 31⅝ by 25⅝ in.
Nicole Francoise de Montbis and Nicolas de Brisacier;
Their daughter, Marie-Thérèse de Brisacier (1668-1759), spouse of Jacques-Gustave de Malortie, seigneur of Boudeville (1665-1729);
Their son, Jacques-François de Malortie, Marquis of Boudeville (1665-1729);
His daughter, Marie-Anne, Countess of Hombourg (1693-1774), spouse of Antoine-François de Gaude de Martainville;
Their daughter, Marie-Thérèse (1725-1807), spouse of Philippe-Charles Vogt d’Hunolstein (1719-1790);
Their son, 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.
Nicole Françoise de Montbis, Comtesse de Hombourg, was the daughter of Claude-Nicolas de Montbis, seigneur of Montby, First Gentleman of the Chamber of the Duc de Lorraine, and Catherine Jappin. On 4 February 1651, she married Nicolas de Brisacier, Comte de Hombourg, lieutenant general in the King’s armies, brigadier and inspector of the cavalry (see lot 26, sale Paintings 1400–1900, 9 June 2026, Paris).
Following the premature death of Nicolas de Brisacier, she married Gustave-Jean-Baptiste Sarrau in 1679, governor of Sierck and secretary to Louis XIV.