Portrait of Charles Marcotte

He was 23 years in age when the portrait was painted and serving as inspector general for Waters and Forests in Napoleonic Rome.

[1] Although handsome and possessing a strong bone structure, he is portrayed as dour and serious, dressed in an imposing military uniform, and given a stern facial expression, with tightly pursed lips, which are turned down at the corners.

[2] Marcotte stands against a plain grey-green background, leaning against a table draped with a red cloth.

[3] Special attention is given to his claw-like right hand, with its long sinuous fingers, the shape of which is echoed by the tassels protruding from the bicorne beside him.

[2] It remained in his possession until his death in 1864, after which it passed to his son Joseph Marcotte, and then to his widow, and to his daughter Élisabeth Pougin de la Maisonneuve until 1935.