french national guard officer 18thc military oil portrait paintings

Description

Quality Oil Portrait Depicting An Officer Of The French Revolution XVIII National Guard In his distinct uniform.
He proudly wears his familiar bicorne hat
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This is a fine 18thc oil portrait on canvas of an high ranking officer of the French National Guard named as Mathieu Loze.
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He is a lieutenant colonel of the National Guard 1789-1799
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There is a small annotation added lower left: which identifies the sitter as Mathieu Loze died in 1831 aged 74 years.
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Such portraits of officers of this period are very rare.
Set within a early 19thc XIXth Wooden Gilt frame with inner Fine bead.
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ABOUT :
The National Guard (French: Garde nationale) is a French military, gendarmerie, and police reserve force, active in its current form since 2016 but originally founded in 1789 after the French Revolution.
For most of its history the National Guard, particularly its officers, has been widely viewed as loyal to middle-class interests. It was founded as separate from the French Army and existed both for policing and as a military reserve. However, in its original stages from 1792 to 1795, the National Guard was perceived as revolutionary and the lower ranks were identified with sans-culottes. It experienced a period of official dissolution from 1827 to 1830, but was reestablished. Soon after the Franco-Prussian War of 1870�71, the National Guard in Paris again became viewed as dangerously revolutionary, which contributed to its dissolution in 1871.
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In 2016, France announced the reestablishment of the National Guard in response to a series of terrorist attacks in the country.
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Frame dimensions: 77 x 68 cm / Canvas dimensions: 63.7 x 55 cm
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Condition: Very Good Throughout / Original As Found
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Delivery: UK �50
Worldwide: USA �95 / Europe �65
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