Henry de TRIQUETI (1803-1874) Head of a man, the father of the artist Michel Triquet, who became Baron Michel de Triqueti (1748-1821) ? Original canvas Monogrammed on the reverse "H. T." and inscribed on a label on the reverse of the stretcher "Tête d'homme peinte par H. de Triqueti" ("Man's head painted by H. de Triqueti"). 48 x 38cm Bibliography: B. Chenique, "Triqueti et l'avant-garde du régiment Géricault: un tableau inédit de Théodore Géricault", in the exhibition catalog Henry de Triqueti: le sculpteur des princes, Orléans, Musée des Beaux Arts and Montargis, Musée Girodet, October 3, 2007 - January 6, 2008, p. 15, fig. 8 (Portrait d'homme, circa 1827-1833 (?)). Before creating sculptures, Henry de Triqueti first expressed an innate vocation for painting, and began his career in the studio of Girodet, a friend of his mother (Anne Marie Henriette Sophie de Salis) and his family's Montargis neighbor. On Girodet's death, Triqueti joined Louis Hersent's studio. He exhibited in the painting section of the Salon, and his paintings were immediately snapped up. In 1830, he exhibited his first sculptures. Provenance: Château du Perthuis.