François Laurence Staouéli de la Poëze, née de la Rochelambert (1830-1907)

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François Laurence Staouéli de la Poëze, née de la Rochelambert (1830-1907)
Salon of the Count of Bruges in Berlin, circa 1850, Watercolour on paper, signed lower right "Staouëly pix", mounted on a sheet entitled "Salon of the Count of Bruges in Berlin", 20 x 26 cm. Provenance: - Marie Charlotte Apollonie de Bruges (1802-1893), wife of Henri-Michel-Scipion, Marquis de la Rochelambert (1789-1863); - Then by descent until today. From a set of four interior views from the Countess de la Rochelambert, née Apollonie de Bruges (1803-1893) (fig.1), once preserved in a colossal album amicorum constituted by her, retracing, with the help of souvenirs of all kinds (letters, telegrams, portraits in miniatures, drawings, cut-outs, engravings, pious images, photographs, locks of hair, etc.), all the episodes of her life. The destiny of Apollonie de La Rochelambert, born into a monarchist family, emigrated during the Revolution, viscerally attached to the royal family of France, is characteristic of these loyal aristocrats, having experienced, in the course of this tormented 19th century, the joys of favours and the torments of exile, at the rhythm of regime changes. Apollonia was born in Berlin, where his father, the Viscount of Bruges, emigrated and married Henriette, Countess of Golowkin. Back in Paris, she befriended Aurore Dupin, the future Georges Sand, at the convent of the English Augustinian Ladies, then in 1822 she married the Marquis de La Rochelambert, commander of cuirassiers of the Royal Guard and ordinary gentleman of the House of King Charles X. The young couple lived at the Domaine de Montretout in Saint-Cloud, owned by the bride's family, and their children had the Duke of Bordeaux as a playmate. In 1830, when the July Revolution brought the Duke of Orléans to the throne of the rioters, the family returned to Berlin and, very favourably received at the royal court, found there allied and friendly families; Potocki, Radziwill, etc. Apollonie became a popular figure in Berlin's beautiful society, fr
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