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Winterauktionen 24.–25.11.2023
Wocher, Marquard Fidel Dominicus
1760 Mimmenhausen - 1830 Basel.
«François Barthelemy, Ambassadeur de la Republique Françoise en Suisse».
Watercolour and gouache over pencil on yellowish wove paper. Signed lower middle and dated 1796.
H 12, W 8,5 cm (sheet). Gilt frame.
François Barthélemy started his political career in the diplomatic service. As ambassador to Switzerland he was in charge of the affairs in the eventful 1790s. He later was active as a politician in the French Republic. The Swiss painter and miniature painter Marquard Wocher created here a portrait vignette of the politician, as it was a common type of art at the time of the French Revolution.

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