Paris
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- December 5, 1878 in
Fresneaux-Montchevreuil
Fresneaux-Montchevreuil () is a former commune in the Oise department in northern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Montchevreuil.Frenchdiplomat and the first French ambassador to
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria t ...
, a politician and collector of
French painting
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Louis Philippe I
Louis Philippe (6 October 1773 – 26 August 1850) was King of the French from 1830 to 1848, and the penultimate monarch of France.
As Louis Philippe, Duke of Chartres, he distinguished himself commanding troops during the Revolutionary Wa ...
sent de Mornay on a mission to
Abd al-Rahman of Morocco
''Moulay'' Abd al-Rahman bin Hisham ( ar, عبد الرحمن بن هشام), born on 19 February 1778 in Fes and died on 28 August 1859 in Meknes, was a sultan of Morocco from 30 November 1822 to 28 August 1859, as a ruler of the 'Alawi dynas ...
.
His task was to negotiate a peace treaty and a border delimitation with the Alawite emperor. Following the
French conquest of Algeria the mission needed to establish neighbourly relations between the two countries.
His mission had an immediate success: On April 4, 1832 he was able to send a letter declaring to the general-in-chief of the staff of Algiers,
Anne Jean Marie René Savary
Anne Jean Marie René Savary, 1st Duke of Rovigo (26 April 17742 June 1833) was a French military officer and diplomat who served in the French Revolutionary Wars, the Napoleonic Wars and the French invasion of Algeria. He was Minister of Polic ...
, that Morocco would abandon its claims on the region of Tlemcen and Oran, promise to remain neutral and withdraw their troops from Algeria.
At first
Eugène Isabey
Eugène Louis Gabriel Isabey (22 July 1803, in Paris – 25 April 1886, in Montévrain) was a French painter, lithographer and watercolorist in the Romantic style.
Biography
He was born to Jean-Baptiste Isabey, a well known painter wh ...
had been approached to join the diplomatic mission to North Africa. However, when the painter returned from Algiers he had declined, unwilling to make a second trip to Africa. It was therefore
Eugène Delacroix
Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix ( , ; 26 April 1798 – 13 August 1863) was a French Romantic artist regarded from the outset of his career as the leader of the French Romantic school.Noon, Patrick, et al., ''Crossing the Channel: Britis ...
who had been chosen to accompany the mission, at his own expense. It was not until the end of 1831 that the painter and Mornay became acquainted, thanks to
Henri Duponchel
Henri Duponchel (28 July 1794 – 8 April 1868) was in turn a French architect, interior designer, costume designer, stage designer, stage director, managing director of the Paris Opera, and a silversmith. He has often been confused with Char ...
and , at the request of Mademoiselle Mars, Mornay's official mistress and a friend of both Duponchel and Bertin. She was keen to find a pleasant traveling companion for her lover. Mornay and Delacroix dined together on New Year's Eve, accompanied by the actress.
In 1845 he was named a Peer of France.Christoph Otterbeck, Europa verlassen: Künstlerreisen am Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts p. 97 /ref>
Gallery
Eugène Ferdinand Victor Delacroix 049.jpg, ''Appartement du comte de Mornay rue de Verneuil''.
Eugène Delacroix
Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix ( , ; 26 April 1798 – 13 August 1863) was a French Romantic artist regarded from the outset of his career as the leader of the French Romantic school.Noon, Patrick, et al., ''Crossing the Channel: Britis ...
, avant 1833,
Musée du Louvre
The Louvre ( ), or the Louvre Museum ( ), is the world's most-visited museum, and an historic landmark in Paris, France. It is the home of some of the best-known works of art, including the ''Mona Lisa'' and the ''Venus de Milo''. A central l ...
Le sultan Moulay Abd-er-Rahmane recevant le Comte de Mornay. Eugène Delacroix.jpg, ''The sultan of Morocco Moulay Abd-er-Rahman receiving Count Mornay.''.
Eugène Delacroix
Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix ( , ; 26 April 1798 – 13 August 1863) was a French Romantic artist regarded from the outset of his career as the leader of the French Romantic school.Noon, Patrick, et al., ''Crossing the Channel: Britis ...
. Esquisse pour le tableau présenté au salon de 1845 et conservé au Musée des Augustins de Toulouse.
Eugène Delacroix, "Étude d’Arabe assis".jpg, ''Étude d’arabe assis'', Eugène Delacroix.