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Hand-painted miniature representing the portrait of a young man, noble aristocrat, wearing the medal of the Order of the Holy Spirit, as well as a ponytail in his hair, from the late 18th-early 19th century.
This miniature is in good condition as well as its frame.
A note: some small accidents and scratches on the frame, wear of time, see photos.
* The Order of the Holy Spirit was, during the two and a half centuries of its existence, the most prestigious order of chivalry in the French monarchy. It was on December 31, 1578, in the midst of the religious wars, that Henry III founded the “order and militia of Benedict Saint-Esprit”. Abolished in 1791 during the French Revolution, the Order of the Holy Spirit was then restored in 1814. The order was definitively abolished by Louis-Philippe I in 1830.
