Johann Friedrich August Tischbein, a pair (2)

(Maastricht 1712–1812 Heidelberg)
Portrait of Louis François, Marquis de Chambray (1737–1807) and his wife, née Vernier de Joyencourt,
The portrait of the man is signed and indistinctly dated lower left: JF (ligated). Tischbein, the portrait of the woman signed and dated lower right: JF (ligated) Tischbein f. 1776,
oil on canvas, each 64.5 x 53 cm, framed, a pair (2)

The Marquis de Chambray, member of an old noble family from Normandy, was a distinguished officer and in 1788 was appointed Maréchal de Camp. In 1789 he represented the City of Evreux in the ‘États Generaux’. A defender of the Ancien Régime, he was forced to emigrate. He subsequently went to Vienna, where he spent the rest of his life.