Kolbe & Fanning
Auction 159 6 Mar 2021
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Original Portrait of Prince Charles de Lorraine
Bervick (Balvay), Charles Clément. CHARLES EUGÈNE, PRINCE OF LAMBESC. Signed Bervick delt. 1789. Oval portrait on paper [16.5 by 13 cm], rendered in brush and pen in India ink with highlights in brown, red and silver. Clipped and mounted on green cloth and housed within gilt and black wood frame [28.5 by 24.5 cm]. Fine. The military officer Charles Eugène of Lorraine (1751–1825), Prince de Lambesc, Duc d'Elbeuf, fought for the Bourbon cause in the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, and was the last male representative of the House of Guise. The present portrait is by French artist Charles Clément Balvay (1756–1822), known as Bervic or (as here) Bervick. The work is very subtle-at first glance, it appears to be an engraving or a later photogravure, but closer examination reveals it to be a very finely executed original work of art, with carefully delineated details and exquisite shading.
Bervick (Balvay), Charles Clément. CHARLES EUGÈNE, PRINCE OF LAMBESC. Signed Bervick delt. 1789. Oval portrait on paper [16.5 by 13 cm], rendered in brush and pen in India ink with highlights in brown, red and silver. Clipped and mounted on green cloth and housed within gilt and black wood frame [28.5 by 24.5 cm]. Fine. The military officer Charles Eugène of Lorraine (1751–1825), Prince de Lambesc, Duc d'Elbeuf, fought for the Bourbon cause in the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, and was the last male representative of the House of Guise. The present portrait is by French artist Charles Clément Balvay (1756–1822), known as Bervic or (as here) Bervick. The work is very subtle-at first glance, it appears to be an engraving or a later photogravure, but closer examination reveals it to be a very finely executed original work of art, with carefully delineated details and exquisite shading.