French School Circa 1820, Follower Of Jacques-louis David

French School circa 1820,
Follower of Jacques-Louis David “Portrait of a man in habit”
Oil on canvas 65x54
Partially re-gilded frame 82x71.5

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This portrait, with its face treated with extreme accuracy and finesse of expression, is certainly the work of an artist with an excellent mastery of his art, a student or the entourage of the painter Jacques-Louis David.

And it is worth noting the subtlety of the posture.
Indeed, the habit, whose high collar remains in the fashion of the Empire, is decorated with buttons decorated with fleurs-de-lys, forcing us to date this painting at least at the beginning of the Monarchical Restoration.

But the right hand, which the model hides in his frock coat, cannot be a pure aesthetic coincidence, unthinkable on the part of a monarchical dignitary.
Wouldn't this be, more accurately, a reference of belonging to the ideals of the Emperor?

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