Проблемы идентификации и прочтения портрета велита 2-го полка шволежеров-лансьеров Императорской гвардии Эмиля Сервана

Abstract

The article is based on eye-witness accounts and archival documentsand is aimed to identify miniature protrait of velite of the 2nd Regiment of Chevauleger-lanciers of the Imperial Guard. It is preserved in Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection Institute and was identified as self-portrait of Alexandre-Jean Dubois. The painter Alexandre Jean Dubois served in the regiment of Red lanciers and was the author of a series of portraits, including the famous miniature portrait of countess de Berry. As a result of research of personal registers of all farrier-velites of lancers for 1810–1815 period in Service Historique de la Défense collection we proved that the identification of this miniature as Dubois work was false. With the help of antropological data from personal registers we discovered the name of a person from the portrait. It is farrier-velite Emile Servant. We paid special attention to velite’s uniform with all its details and special details which differed it from lancers’ uniform.