Maréchal de Bauffremont
Artist: Luc-François Breton (French, 1731-1800)
Date: about 1771-1773
Dimensions:
H: 25 in. (63.5 cm)
Medium: Terracotta
Classification: Sculpture
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1977.35
Label Text:The subject of this sculpture bust is Charles-Roger, Prince de Bauffremont (1713–1795), Maréchal des Camps et Armées du Roi (Marshal of the Camps and Armies of the King). He served a military career first in the army of Lorraine, and then of France. The Bauffremonts were the leading family of the former French province Franche-Comté (now incorporated into the region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté). Luc-François Breton was the leading sculptor of Bescançon, the capital city of the province, and he sculpted portraits of several members of the Bauffremont family.
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