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A Sèvres biscuit porcelain bust of Napoléon I, after a model by Antoine-Denis Chaudet, 1810

Estimate

80,000 - 120,000 EUR

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Description

of the first size, wearing a gilt-bronze laurel wreath crown, attributed to Pierre-Philippe Thomire, modelled truncated at the shoulders and looking forward, the front of the square base with incised title 'NAPOLÉON', impressed SÈVRES factory mark to front below title, the back incised A.B./B. 10. fev.10 n°3 (for Alexandre Brongniart/Alexandre Brachard, 10 February 1810, no. 3)


(2)


Haut. 52 cm; height 20 ½ in

Long. 27 cm; Length 10 ¾ in


G. Gengembre, Napoléon, L'empereur immortel, Italy, 2002, p. 231.

Trésors de Napoléon. Collection Chalençon, Basilique Notre-Dame de Montréal, 16 May–1 Sept. 2014.