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Louis Philippe and His Sons

Artist: Horace Vernet (French, 1789–1863)

Genre: History

Date: 1846

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Palace of Versailles, Paris, France

Depicted People:

Louis Philippe I

Prince Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans

Prince Louis, Duke of Nemo

Prince Henri, Duke of Aumale

Prince Antoine, Duke of Montpensier

Description

Louis-Philippe and His Sons Riding Out from Versailles is an 1846 oil-on-canvas painting by the French artist Horace Vernet. It features a group portrait of Louis Philippe I and his sons riding out from the Palace of Versailles. Versailles, once the residence of the House of Bourbon during the Ancien régime before the French Revolution, had been abandoned for several decades. During the July Monarchy Louis Philippe oversaw its restoration as a national museum. Vernet's painting commemorates its inauguration on 10 June 1837. The king rides out through the gates accompanied by his five sons the Duke of Orléans, the Duke of Nemours, the Prince of Joinville, the Duke of Aumale and the Duke of Montpensier. Orléans, the king's eldest son and heir, had subsequently died in a carriage accident in 1842.

The painting was commissioned by the king to hang in Versailles, where it remains.

Louis Philippe I of the French when Duke of Orléans. By Richard Cosway.

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In this chapter, we encounter THAT famously long sentence spanning 760 words in original. Truly impressive.

We have already encountered Louis Philippe in the gamin digression, where he was portrayed as a pleasant and self-ironic man whose only flaw was his status as king. Hugo's perspective on him remains consistent. Although the 1830 Revolution didn't result in a Republic, it did bring forth a decent man as king. Given Hugo's critical stance towards monarchy, it's rather peculiar that he invests effort in highlighting Louis Philippe's humility, modesty, and unroyal demeanour. Probably, part of Louis Philippe's appeal to the French population was his experience, having endured exile with its attendant challenges — financial loss, loss of status, and his entire family needing to earn their livelihoods. He also possessed a revolutionary past, having been a member of the Jacobins' club and personally knowing Mirabeau and Danton.

Though not explicitly mentioned in the text, it's worth noting a point in Louis Philippe's later biography that parallels Hugo's own experiences — spending the last years of his life in exile in Great Britain. I suspect that Louis Philippe's futile fight to abolish the death penalty was also a point of resonance for Hugo. “One day, he said to the same witness to whom we have recently referred: “I won seven last night.” During the early years of his reign, the death penalty was as good as abolished, and the erection of a scaffold was a violence committed against the King. The Grève having disappeared with the elder branch, a bourgeois place of execution was instituted under the name of the Barrière-Saint-Jacques; “practical men” felt the necessity of a quasi-legitimate guillotine.”

However, at times, Hugo tends to exaggerate Louis Philippe's accomplishments, such as in the case of press freedom: “While he reigned the press was free, the tribune was free, conscience and speech were free.” Well, to some extent… No outright censorship was enforced, but a 1830 law of libel functioned as a form of censorship.

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King Louis-Philippe Escorted by His Sons Leaving Versailles on June 10, 1837 by Horace Vernet, 1846.

#classic art #painting #horace vernet #french artist #19th century #romanticism #history #modern period #louis philippe i #men #horses #gate

i heard lafayette got drawn by his daughter or smth? it was like him laying on the couch, do you think you have that?

Dear Anon,

La Fayette’s daughter Anastasie had indeed quite a gift for painting and sketching. Most famous is probably her Le geôlier de la prison d'Olmütz - a sketch of one of the family's prison guards at Olmütz.

Christie’s - LOT 161 - Le geôlier de la prison d'Olmütz by Anastasie de La Fayette (07/21/2023).

I am not aware of any sketch by her that depicts La Fayette laying on a sofa. The only such piece that comes to my mind is this one:

Le Cauchemar is a political caricature published on February 23, 1832, as a response to the changing relationship between La Fayette and Louis Philippe I. It was done by Honoré Daumier, not Anastasie and based on the painting The Nightmare by Henry Fuseli from 1781.

Do you have any further detail on this drawing? A time period when the sketch was made for example or some more context? For right now, I do not know what sketch/painting of La Fayette you are referring to but maybe someone reading this has more information than I do. :-)

I am sorry that I was not able to help you but I hope you have/had a great day!