Michel Hubert DESCOURS (1707 - 1775) - Lot 45

Michel Hubert DESCOURS (1707 - 1775) Presumed portrait of a sister of Anne de Ticheville Canvas Height : 81 cm Width: 65 cm Carved and gilded pine frame, Louis XVI period One of the Bernay museum's iconic portraits is that of Anne de Ticheville, a Norman benefactress. Of noble origin, widow of Marc-Antoine Deshaies, sieur de Ticheville, she is best known for having enabled, in 1697, to found a hospital in Bernay for the region's sick and destitute, thanks to her immense generosity. generosity. Her name is still associated with the Bernay hospital. The similarity of handwriting and pose between this portrait and that of Anne de Ticheville by Descours is striking is striking, and reveals the desire to associate our lady with the fan and one of her relatives and one of her relatives, possibly her sister.