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ANTIQUE #SA615305

Portrait Of Petrus Boreel De Mauregnault (1809-1875); Signed Eugčne Piron, Dated 1867

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The sitter in this attractive portrait is Petrus Alexander Jacobus Henricus Boreel de Mauregnault. He was born in Heumen, The Netherlands 18th June 1809. In 1850 he married Maria Judith Gulje (1814-1899); together the couple had two children. The family lived in Deventer. Petrus died in Den Bosch on 3rd April 1875. In 1892 Maria inherited Asten Castle from her deceased brother Joannes Amandus Guljé, and she became Lady Asten.
 
The de Mauregnault family were from Hainaut and have belonged to Dutch nobility since 1815. The origins of their wealth began with cloth merchant Jehan Mauregnault (c.1520-c.1572). His son Johan de Mauregnault (1540-1587) was made a knight by governor Matthias of Austria in 1578; he was murdered in Middelburg in 1587. In 1651, Caspar de Mauregnault (1612-1680) married Agnes Boreel (1624-1667) and the family became Boreel de Mauregnault. In the Netherlands, the male branches became extinct in 1998.
 
The portrait is signed “E Piron” and dated (18)67 bo...
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