Antoine Vestier, 1789 - Jean-Henri Masers, Latude Knight (1725-1805), showing the Bastille - fine art print

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Latude watch hand Bastille whose demolition has begun; it relies on the scale that was used in his escape from the fortress. Other instruments and a lettre de cachet are shown next to the scale.

The 1789 Exhibition catalog includes the following statement: "Jean-Henri Masers, Knight of the Tude, Engineer, retained for 35 years in the prisons of State, which he escaped several times, and among others Bastille, with two scales, one for wood, and the other rope, both made by him and his companion, without the aid of someone in their industry, where they used their firewood & their they spun linen. " Latude had spent 35 years in prison because, in the hope of attracting the protection of the Marquise de Pompadour, he had had the naivete to warn him of a conspiracy he himself had hatched; his deception was quickly discovered, and the favorite did incarcerated in the Bastille on March 1, 1749. After several years of preparation, and Latude Alege, his companion managed to escape 25 February 1766. Arrested in Amsterdam, was Latude brought and imprisoned at Vincennes. He still managed to escape twice but each time was found. Its final release was not held until 1784. Vestier had only a few weeks between the Bastille and the opening of the Show (25 August) to achieve this portrait; so he was presented only during the last days of exposure; he was again exposed to the Salon of 1791 (No. 109).

This classic art painting Jean-Henri Masers, Latude Knight (1725-1805), showing the Bastille was created by Antoine Vestier in 1789. The original artwork is inscribed with the following information: "Registration - On the front, the bottom sheet to right: "Signed by the Chev 3. [...] / major of the Bastille to the [...] / our proces verbal Ford [[?] ...] / the Roj this day of twenty / February 8, 1756 [signed] Horse [...] / Derochebrunne. "". Moveover, this work of art is in the the digital art collection of Musée Carnavalet Paris in Paris, France. With courtesy of - Musée Carnavalet Paris (license: public domain).In addition to that, the artwork has the following creditline: . Besides, the alignment is in portrait format with a side ratio of 3 : 4, which means that the length is 25% shorter than the width. Antoine Vestier was a male painter from France, whose art style can mainly be attributed to Rococo. The European painter lived for 84 years - born in 1740 and died in the year 1824.

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