Philibert-Louis Debucourt (1755 Paris - 1832 ibid.) attr; "La Promenade Publique". Original title Debucourt's colour aquatint etching of the same name was published in 1792 and there is every reason to attribute this finely painted and detailed cabinet picture to the artist. Inspired by Thomas Rowlandson's "Vauxhall Gardens" (1785), "La Promenade Publique" shows a crowd of people gathered in a park in the centre of Paris, admiring each other. At first glance, the work appears to be a purely fictional satire, but Debucourt also dared to include real, famous personalities from the French aristocracy: the Duke of Aumount, who is lounging on three chairs in the centre of the composition, or the Duke of Chartres (later King Louis XVIII). It provides a final glimpse into the customs and life of the Ancien Régime, whose self-absorbed figures have no idea that their extravagant, tranquil, decadent world will collapse within a few weeks and that many inhabitants of Paris and the whole of France will fall victim to the Reign of Terror in 1793/94 after the Tuileries Storm (10 August 1792). Oil/oak panel. 11.6 cm x 22 cm. Louis XVI frame. Provenance: Dissolution of an important German private collection - Part II. Attributed to Philibert-Louis Debucourt (1755 - 1832). Oil on oak panel.