Drawing By François Louis Gounod, Portrait Of Marie-thérèse Of France, Duchess Of Angoulême

François Louis GOUNOD (1758-1823)
Portrait of Marie-Thérèse Charlotte de France, Madame, Duchesse d'Angoulême (1778-1851)
Graphite on paper.
Oval view drawing, signed lower right "Gounod del(ineavit).", forming a pair with the portrait of the Comte d'Artois.
The daughter of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette wears a Troubadour style outfit with feathers in her hair and a collarette dress.
Rectangular frame in gilded wood with palm leaves.
H. 16,2 x L. 14 cm.
Frame : H. 34,5 x L. 31 cm.

Provenance
English private collection.

The British provenance of these leaves may lead us to believe that they were executed there before 1814, since the future Charles X and his niece and daughter-in-law the Duchess of Angoulême lived there in exile until 1814: Marie-Thérèse au Hartwell Castle where she resided since 1807 with her uncle Louis XVIII, while Charles-Philippe resided in London from 1799, first at 46 Baker Street, then from 1805 to 1814 at 72 South Audley Street.

History
Painter of genre and portraits, François Louis Gounod was a student of Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié (1735-1784) and entered the school of the Royal Academy in 1778. He is the father of the famous composer Charles Gounod (1818-1893) . He exhibited at the Salon from 1799 to 1822, and notably presented at the Salon of 1814 a portrait of S. A. R. the Duchess of Angoulême (n° 459).