Joseph Désiré COURT (1797 - 1865) - Lot 58

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Joseph Désiré COURT (1797 - 1865) - Lot 58
Joseph Désiré COURT (1797 - 1865) Joseph-Marie Portalis dressed as vice-president of the Court of Cassation. Canvas 125 x 112 cm Son of the famous Portalis, co-editor of the draft civil code, Joseph-Marie is a leading historical figure: a man of eight political oaths, like Talleyrand or Fouché, Portalis lived through the social, economic, technological, political and legal upheavals of France and Europe, from the end of the Revolution to the Second Empire. Former émigré, diplomat, Conseiller d'État, Peer de France, academician, publicist, acting Minister of Religious Affairs, Justice, Foreign Affairs, First President of the Cour de Cassation for over twenty years and even Senator at the start of the Second Empire. Portalis "fils" left an important body of work to posterity.
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