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The eighteen-year old came from the French colony of Saint-Domingue in the Caribbean, where his father the Marqis de Vaudreuil served as governor. He is shown pointing at Saint-Domingue on a map. [3] Vaudreuil served in the French Army during the Seven Years' War and the year of the painting took part in the Battle of Rossbach.
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Portrait of the Comte de Vaudreuil by François-Hubert Drouais, 1758.He is depicted pointing to his native Saint-Domingue on the map.. The Comte de Vaudreuil was born in Saint-Domingue, West Indies, the son of Joseph de Rigaud (1706–1764), Marquis de Vaudreuil, the French governor of the island, and his aristocratic white Creole wife, Françoise Guiot de la Mirande.
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It depicts the French aristocrat, soldier and courtier Joseph Hyacinthe François de Paule de Rigaud, Comte de Vaudreuil. Born in the colony of Saint-Domingue where his father was governor, Vaudreuil was a prominent figure at the court of Louis XVI. He was rumoured to be the lover of the Duchess of Polignac, a favourite of Marie Antoinette. [2]