Portrait of Jospeh Scolastique de Quengo de Tonquédec, French school, Louis XV period. Joseph Scolastique de Quengo de Tonquédec born February 10, 1727 in Lamballe, died January 27, 1787 in Lannilis. The Quengo de Tonquédec family is a surviving family of French nobility, of chivalric extraction, originally from Brittany. His filiation has been followed since 1390. Joseph de Quengo, admitted to court honors in 1782, Viscount of Tonquédec, colonel of infantry. In 1746, second lieutenant in the regiment of Berry (infantry). Camp of 1746-1748, terminated by the Treaty of Aix la Chapelle. Illness forced him to retire in 1754. He returned to service in 1758. Co-founder and brigadier of the company of Breton gentlemen, he distinguished himself at the head of a column of Breton volunteers who, with Duke Aiguillon and other army corps defeated the English landing in June 1758. The family quote "Cominus et eminus: from afar and from near". Oil on canvas laid down on thick cardboard, restorations, dimension without frame H61.5 cm x W48 cm, dimension with posterior frame H78 cm x L65 cm.
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