French School (19th–20th centuries) - Lot 301

French School (19th–20th centuries) Coat of Arms of the De Commaille Family (Coat of Arms: Per pale vert and gules, with an Or lion, armed and langued Gules, bearing on its shoulder a Sable shield bearing a Silver eagle, charged in the center with an Azure escutcheon bearing three Or coins; with a silver chief bearing a crown of thorns, flanked by two helmets facing each other, all on a black field.) Two gouaches with the motto “Nunc Super Cras Infra.” 34.5 x 26 – 24.5 x 29 cm The Barons of Comaille (Roman Marquises) were a family ennobled during the Restoration, very close to Gregory XVI; their numerous insignia and orders of merit attest to their devotion to the Holy See (Commander of the Order of St. Gregory, Officer of the Legion of Honor, Knight of the Order of Malta, Order of Saint Sylvester and the Golden Spur, Order of Dannebrog, Order of Saint Ferdinand. One of the two gouaches is notable for being surmounted only by a simple baron’s crown, predating the Roman reunion of the Order of Malta, which would later grant them the title of marquis. Elie de Comaille, the eldest son of Baron Henri de Comaille, was a member of the Chamber of Agriculture in Tonkin at the end of the 19th century. He died in 1905 in a steamboat accident, along with two hundred other Indochinese victims.