This stunning oil painting portrait depicting the Countess of Flers, was painted by Charles Baziray in 1734.
Antoinette-Jordaine de Pellevé de Flers (1699-1738), Countess of Flers, Baroness of Larchant, Chatelaine of Lande-Patri, Dame of Frenaye, Chanu, Belle-Fontaine, Hemérez, Riou, etc. Hailing from one of the original noble families of Calvados (Normandy), last of the Pellevé family line and heiress of the county of Flers. She married Philippe-René Ango de La Motte-Ango on June 11, 1717, Lord of La Motte and Villebadin, Baron of Ecouché and adviser to the Norman Parliament. They had three children. She inherited the county of Flers from the last male descendant of the Pellevé family, Count Hyancinthe-Louis de Pellevé de Flers, Baron of Larchant and governor of Meudon, who died without male heirs in April 1736. Antoinette de Flers died in Paris a few years later, on February 6, 1738, at the age of 39. In accordance with her wishes, her heart was buried in the Saint-Sulpice church in Paris and her body next to that of her husband, who had died a year earlier, at the castle of Flers (Normandy). This property belonged to the counts of Flers until the French Revolution. After having gone through several fires and having various owners, it is currently a museum and seat of the Town Hall of Flers.
Artist: Charles Baziray (h.1690-1757)
Signed and dated on back “Baziray Pinxit 1734”.
Medium: Oil on canvas.
Condition: Very good condition. Recently professionally restored.
Dimensions: 81 x 65 cm. / 32 x 25 ½ in.
Frame: 100 x 84 cm. / 39 ¼ x 33 in. Gilt wood and stucco, very good condition.
Origin: France.