Property from Marco Voena's London pied-à-terre (lots 106-131)
A Sèvres biscuit porcelain portrait bust of Napoleon Bonaparte as First Consul, circa 1809
Live auction begins on:
November 19, 01:30 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 5,000 GBP
Bid
3,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
After the model by Louis-Simon Boizot, turned slightly to the left in high-collared jacket with oak leaf borders, on a circular socle base, the reverse inscribed Bonaparte 1er Consul., impressed or incised SEVRES and date code 9, incised script B and three dots, various incised marks
27 cm, 10 ⅝ in. high
Louis-Simon Boizot was directeur de sculpture at Sèvres from 1773 to 1809. This model of Napoleon as First Consul was created by Boizot and first produced at Sèvres in 1802, adapted from an earlier version of 1800, which depicted the general in the same attire but with slightly longer hair. For a discussion of the model see Louis-Simon Boizot 1743-1809, Sculpteur du roi et directeur de l'atelier de sculpture à la Manufacture de Sèvres, Paris, 2001, p. 242, cat. no. 87.
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