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Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes
(29 December 1719 – 13 February 1787), was a French statesman and diplomat. He served as the French foreign minister from 1774 during the reign of
Louis XVI
, notably during the
American Revolutionary War
. This oil-on-canvas portrait, by the French painter
Antoine de Favray
, depicts Vergennes in Turkish attire as ambassador to the
Ottoman Empire
. The painting is in the collection of the
Pera Museum
in Istanbul.
Painting credit:
Antoine de Favray
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