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A hero of the seas for the Musée de la Marine
6/11/25 - Acquisition - Paris, Musée national de la Marine - “‘Chevalier Paul, famous in our sea battles, […] wished to make an impression at this ceremony, being dressed in gold and silver embroidery and precious stones, with his knight’s cross valued at ten thousand écus, and a baldric covered with figures in raised gold and silver embroidery worth eight hundred livres.’”
This flamboyant appearance described by Madame de Motteville, on the occasion of the celebrations marking the coming of age of Louis XIV, corresponds wonderfully to the large portrait of Jean-Paul de Saumeur, called the Chevalier Paul, which was painted around 1660 by an artist now anonymous and which has just joined the collections of the Musée de la Marine, at the Millon sale [1], at Drouot, hammered down at…
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