Pair of HST portraits of the wife of the Marquis de Bellevue in uniform F. Birotheau, 19th century
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Pair of oval oils on canvas representing the portrait of the Marquis de Bellevue* (1854-1929) in the uniform of a second lieutenant of cavalry, with the Bellevue family coat of arms on the side, as well as his wife née de Boutemont, painted by F. Birotheau** in 1881-82, in gilded stuccoed wooden frames, from the 19th century.
These paintings are in good general condition. Signed F. Birotheau and dated 1882 for the woman and 1881 for the marquis.
Please note: dirt on the frames, wear and tear, see photos.
The Marquis de Bellevue is the great-grandson of Victoire de Lambilly, Countess of Villirouët, considered the first female lawyer in Brittany and France who saved her husband by pleading his case during the Revolution. The Count of Bellevue is the author of the book "Une Femme Avocat Mémoires de la Comtesse de la Villirouët" (1902) retracing these events and reproducing a painting of Victoire de Lambilly that we are also selling (accompanied by the book).
This painting comes from the Breton family of La Guerrande, related to the family of La Villirouët by marriage. Thus, the family of La Guerrande, current owner of the castles of La Touraille and Lémo, descends from Count Paul de la Villirouët (1829-1919), mayor of the commune of Augan (Morbihan) between 1871 and 1900. Thus on the death of the count, his possessions passed to his son-in-law Pierre Libault de la Chevasnerie, whose eldest daughter married René de la Guerrande, Count of Hurlières (1891-1964).
The Marquis de Bellevüe is a local scholar who wrote about fifty historical essays on the regions of Ploërmel and Paimpont. He was born at the Château de la Touraille in Augan on 3 July 1854, from a family of eight children born from the marriage of his father Édouard–Jean Fournier with Aglaë Marie Pauline Victoire Mouësan de la Villirouët. He is therefore the great-grandson of Victoire de Lambilly, Countess of la Villirouët.
He went to the Saumur Cavalry School in 1874. He left the school in 1876, top of his class. After a few years as a non-commissioned officer, he returned to the Saumur Cavalry School as a cadet. and graduated as a second lieutenant in 1881. He had his first assignment with the 25th Dragoon garrisoned in Nantes. However, he resigned on July 20, 1883, one month after his wealthy marriage 1 with Gabrielle Regnault de Boutemont who lived in the Château du Moulin -Roul in Sudan (Loire-Atlantique). He did not leave the army completely since he became two years later a reserve lieutenant in the Cavalry, then captain in 1887. He was now able to devote himself to his two passions, poetry and local history. He entered politics in 1888 as a municipal councilor of Soudan. He was then elected general councilor of Loire-Inférieure for the canton of Châteaubriant in 1893. He continued his political career as general councilor of Loire-Inférieure (today Loire-Atlantique) until the election of 1925 in which he did not run again. He died on May 22, 1929 at the Château de la Touraille in Augan.
is a French painter. He is best known for his portraits, particularly those of notable people from Rennes, now kept at the Museum of Fine Arts in Rennes: Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Martenot, Portrait of Jules Jan, Portrait of Rallier du Baty, Portrait of Canon Duver.
Some of these works are also kept at the municipal museum of La Roche-sur-Yon: Self-portrait (1863), Full-length portrait of Napoleon. He is the author of an Entombment at the Saint-Louis church in La Roche -on-Yon.
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