Les Gentilshommes du Duc d'Orléans

Les Gentilshommes du Duc d’Orléans dans l’habit de Saint-Cloud (English: The Duke of Orléan's Gentlemen dressed in the frock coats of Saint-Cloud) is one of Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux best known paintings which he painted in 1839.

The painting shows six "gentlemen"(French: Gentilshommes) dressed in red frock coats and black stockings which was the outfit for the countryside of the House of Orléans.

Today the painting belongs to the collection of the Musée Nissim de Camondo (Inv.

In December 1987 an extract of the painting was the front cover of the magazine Vogue Décoration.

The painting is very popular and is often copied and re-used as a design for wallpaper, cushions et cetera.

Les Gentilshommes du Duc d’Orléans dans l’habit de Saint-Cloud (1839).
The original painting from the collection of the Famille de France, the former Royal Family of France, (1770)