18th century FRENCH SCHOOL. "Portrait of Jean Thomas Thierry - Lot 26

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18th century FRENCH SCHOOL. "Portrait of Jean Thomas Thierry - Lot 26
18th century FRENCH SCHOOL. "Portrait of Jean Thomas Thierry Brölemann (1738-1800)". Oil on canvas. Bears a handwritten label on the reverse of the frame mentioning : Jean-Thomas ThierryBrölemann son of Johann-Wilhelm Brolemann and Catherine-Elizabeth Stute. Born in Soest, Westphalia, March 3, 1738 - Died in Lyon, February 11, 1800. Founder in 1789 of the house B,... H.81 L.60. Literature: This is probably the portrait mentioned in the book - Henry-Auguste Brölemann. Souvenirs et portraits. Lyon, Imprimerie Alf. Louis Perrin, 1882, p. 107-109, His attire was meticulous and always distinguished by extreme cleanliness. His wardrobe abounded in fine linen, in fine cloth of all shades. I knew him to have a cinnamon-colored one, lined with white silk plush with gold buttons; a gros-bleu one, lined with red, which is reproduced in his portrait (Henry-Auguste Brölemann. Souvenirs et portraits. Lyon, Imprimerie Alf. Louis Perrin, 1882, p. 107-109). Jean-Baptiste Brölemann, son of the founder of a silk commission house "Brölemann et Duport" in the 18th century on Quai de Retz [Quai Jean Moulin] in Lyon. This business developed throughout the 19th century, and Maison Brölemann also practiced banking and trading. A Protestant family originally from Westphalia, they made a name for themselves in Lyon's good society.
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