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Louis-Marie, Vicomte de Noailles (1756-1804), (painting). Artist:  Stuart, Gilbert, 1755-1828, painter. Title:  Louis-Marie, Vicomte de Noailles (1756-1804), (painting). Dates:  1798. Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  50 x 40 in. (127.0 x 101.6 cm). Inscription:  (Lower left:) G. Stuart 1798 signed Description:  Portrait of Louis-Marie de Noailles about to mount his horse at the top of a plateau overlooking a battlefield where rows of cavalry troops charge across the landscape. Noailles wears the uniform of a colonel in the Chasseurs a Cheval d'Alsace, with a saber hanging from his left side. The battle scene may be a reference to his service at Colmar in 1791 or Sedan in 1792. In the lower right corner there are skeletal bones, a thistle, and a serpent, which are included as "momento mori" or allusions to the devastation of war. Subject:  Portrait male -- de Noailles, Louis-Marie, Vicomte -- Full length Ethnic -- French Occupation -- Military Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform Animal -- Horse Landscape Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Metropolitan Museum of Art, 5th Avenue at 82nd Street, New York, New York 10028 Accession Number: 1970.262 Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of de Noailles, Louis-Marie, until 1804. de Noailles, Alexis, until 1835. de Noailles, Alfred, until 1895. de Noailles, Alexis, La Croix-Laval, until ca. 1940. La Croix-Laval, Christian, ca. 1940-1970. Hotel des Ventes de Nice, Sale (May 28, 1970) Weitzner, Julius H., London, England References:  Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975. American Heritage, Vol. xxvi, No.1, 1974. Caldwell, John, and Oswaldo Rodriguez Roque, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume I: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born by 1815," New York, NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1994, pg. 183. "Barratt, Carrie Rebora, and Ellen G. Miles, "Gilbert Stuart," New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004, no. 54. Illustration:  American Heritage, Vol. xxvi, No.1, pg. 39. Caldwell, John, and Oswaldo Rodriguez Roque, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume I: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born by 1815," New York, NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1994, pg. 185. "Barratt, Carrie Rebora, and Ellen G. Miles, "Gilbert Stuart," New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004, no. 54. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 36121121   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 36121121 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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