Comte Henri-Amédée-Mercure de Turenne-d'Aynac

1816

The Comte de Turenne is portrayed wearing a uniform and medals, which record his distinguished service in the French army. David added another military symbol, a sword, after most of the painting was complete; its hilt has since become slightly translucent. Both the sitter and the artist were closely associated with Napoleon, who had been defeated in Waterloo in 1815, a year before this portrait was painted. By 1816, both the count and David were living in exile in Brussels.

Medium	oil on canvas
Dimensions	28 1/4 x 22 1/8 in. (71.8 x 56.2 cm) Frame: 36 1/2 x 30 3/8 x 3 1/4 in. (92.7 x 77.2 x 8.3 cm)
Object Number	1999.2
Acquisition	Acquired by the Clark, 1999
Status	On View

Image Caption

Jacques-Louis David, Comte Henri-Amédée-Mercure de Turenne-d'Aynac, 1816, oil on canvas. Clark Art Institute, Acquired by the Clark, 1999.2

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Provenance

Comte Henri-Amédée-Mercure de Turenne d’Aynac (1816–d. 1852); Comte, later Marquis, Sosthène-Paul de Turenne-d’Aynac, his grandson, Paris (by 1878, until at least 1880); de Turenne family, by descent (until 1999); [Marc Blondeau, Paris, sold to the Clark, Mar. 1999]; Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1999.