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Letter from the Duc de Montmorency to the Minister requesting an authorisation for the painter Ricois
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Letter from the Duc de Montmorency to the Minister requesting an authorisation for the painter Ricois

Montmorency (Anne-Charles-François, Duc de)

1833

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Courtalain, 18 September 1833; 23 x 18.7 cm, 1 leaf. Manuscript letter from the Duc de Montmorency, dated 1833, addressed to the Minister, requesting an authorisation for the painter François Edme Ricois (Courtalain, 1775 - Paris, 1881) to draw the coasts and harbours of Brittany. The Duc de Montmorency, lord of the manor of Courtalain, had already supported Ricois by introducing him to the painter Gros. Ricois was a pupil of Girodet and Bertin, devoted himself to landscape painting and travelled through France and Switzerland to paint from nature.

Letter from the Duc de Montmorency to the Minister requesting an authorisation for the painter Ricois. 1833.

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