Hst Portrait Lawyer Victoire De Lambilly Countess Villirouët Book 19th

Oil on canvas depicting the portrait of Victoire de Lambilly* Countess of la Villirouët, 1st lawyer of Brittany and France, who by pleading saved her husband the Count of la Villirouët during the Revolution, coats of arms and annotations on gilded wood below, from the 19th century. With the book "A Woman Lawyer Memoirs of the Countess of la Villirouët" by the Count of Bellevue**, 1902. This painting is in good condition and is of superb quality. Panel with coat of arms of alliance between the family of la Villirouët (coat of arms on the left) and that of Lambilly (coat of arms on the right). 'On the III Germinal Year VII, Victoire de Lambilly saved the days of her husband JB Mouësan Count of Villirouët, former officer in the Condé regiment, Knight of Saint-Louis, by her eloquence'. The biography book that we are attaching to the painting is written by the Count of Bellevue, great-grandson of Victoire de Lambilly (see bio below). This painting is a 19th century copy of a painting reproduced in the book, with the indication "painted in 1799". We are selling on this site a pair of portraits of the Marquis de Bellevue and his wife. 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 de Lémo, descends from Count Paul de la Villirouët (1829-1919), mayor of the commune of Augan (Morbihan) between 1871 and 1900. Thus, upon 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). Please note: some accidents and losses on the frame, wear and tear on the canvas, see photos * Marie-Victoire de Lambilly, Countess of La Villirouët (1767-1813) is said to be the first woman in France to plead before the Military Commission of Paris. Daughter of Pierre de Lambilly, Marquis of Baud-Kerveno, Baron of Kergroix, Viscount of Broutay, and Françoise de La Forest d'Armaillé, she married Jean Baptiste Mouësan de La Villirouët (1754-1845) in Rennes on June 12, 1787. She brought the lordships of Locminé, Moustoir-Ac and Remungol as her dowry. During the French Revolution, her husband was imprisoned in Lamballe between 1793 and 1795, then arrested again by the revolutionary police and tried in Paris before a military commission in 1799, for desertion, following his emigration during the Revolution. Returning from England, he faced execution. During her trial, Victoire de Lambilly obtained exceptional authorization from the president of the court to defend her husband herself, pleading alone before the commission, and succeeded in obtaining his unanimous acquittal. From 1800, struck off the list of émigrés through Joseph Fouché, the countess's family stayed in Nantouillet. The countess had the opportunity to meet the Empress Joséphine on March 17, 1810 and Napoleon on July 1 of the following year. She is considered the first female lawyer in Brittany and France. ** François Xavier Fournier, Marquis de Bellevüe (1854-1929). The Marquis de Bellevüe was a local scholar and author of around 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. ATTENTION: FOR A DELIVERY QUOTE PLEASE CONTACT US WITH CITY AND COUNTRY OF DESTINATION. BE CAREFUL: PLEASE CONTACT US FOR THE DELIVERY PRICE. Dimensions Frame 100 cm x 80 cm cartridge 50 cm x 11 cm Oil 85 cm x 65 cm Reference: 900 739 All photos are on: www.antiques-delaval.com