[French Revolution] [Collot d'Herbois, Jean-Marie. (1749–1796)] Portrait of Collot d'HerboisStriking original portrait of the French actor, dramatist, essayist, and revolutionary. Oil on paper, ca. 1780. 12. 5 x 16 inches (31. 7 x 40. 7 cm), framed in an antique wooden frame to an overall size of 17. 5 x 19 inches. Unsigned, the subject identified in pencil on the reverse. Born in Paris in 1749, Jean Marie Collot d'Herbois began a career as an actor in his teens. In 1784 he became director of the theatre in Geneva, and then at the