Jean-Baptiste CARPEAUX (Valenciennes, 1827 - Courbevoie, 1875) Portrait of Viscount Simon de Montfort (1841-1898), Carpeaux's brother-in-law Oil on canvas (Original canvas) Annotated 'CARPEAUX - Le Général / Le Vicomte de Montfort en 1869 / Beau-frère de Carpeaux / Toile 0,41 x 0.33,5' and bears two red wax stamps on the stretcher on the reverse. Portrait of Viscount Simon de Montfort (1841-1898), Carpeaux's brother-in-law , oil on canvas, by J. - B.Carpeaux 16.14 x 13.19 in. 41.0 x 33.5 cm Provenance: Most probably the de Montfort family collection; Galerie Michel, Paris ; J. Berbérian Collection in 1967 Bibliography: Martine Roche-Pillet, Ecole du Louvre thesis on Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (not submitted), 1967, no. 120 Patrick Ramade and Laure de Margerie, Carpeaux peintre, exhibition catalogue, Valenciennes, Paris, Amsterdam, 1999-2000, p. 250, no. 287 According to the exhibition catalogue on the painted works of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (op. cit.), this is a portrait of Viscount Simon de Montfort, Carpeaux's brother-in-law who was a cavalry officer and died a brigadier general. Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux painted this portrait at the time of his engagement to Amélie de Montfort in 1869, as well as those of other members of his family-in-law, his father-in-law, Viscount Palamède de Montfort, and Simon's brother, Louis de Montfort. Carpeaux used a similar layout for these three portraits, showing them in three-quarter view against a brown-green background. Jean-Baptiste CARPEAUX (Valenciennes, 1827 - Courbevoie, 1875) 41.0 x 33.5 cm According to the exhibition catalogue on the painted works of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (op. cit.), this is a portrait of Viscount Simon de Montfort, Carpeaux's brother-in-law who was a cavalry officer and died a brigadier general. Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux painted this portrait at the time of his engagement to Amélie de Montfort in 1869, as well as those of other members of his family-in-law, his father-in-law, Viscount Palamède de Montfort, and Simon's brother, Louis de Montfort. Carpeaux used a similar layout for these three portraits, showing them in three-quarter view against a brown-green background.