Sevres. Bust of Napoleon, 1876. Unglazed porcelain, 9 x 4 7/8 x 4 1/8 in. (22.9 x 12.4 x 10.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Harold S. Keller, 1999.152.193. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.1999.152.193_view1.jpg)
Sevres. Bust of Napoleon, 1876. Unglazed porcelain, 9 x 4 7/8 x 4 1/8 in. (22.9 x 12.4 x 10.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Harold S. Keller, 1999.152.193. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.1999.152.193_view2.jpg)
Bust of Napoleon
Decorative Arts and Design
This bust shows a young Napoleon in his favored attire from the Consulate period: a double-breasted coat with oak leaf embroidery.
The work was originally modeled by the eighteenth-century French sculptor Louis-Simon Boizot (1743-1809), the artistic director of the sculpture studio at the Sèvres Manufactory, which fabricated versions of this bust beginning in 1802.
The work was originally modeled by the eighteenth-century French sculptor Louis-Simon Boizot (1743-1809), the artistic director of the sculpture studio at the Sèvres Manufactory, which fabricated versions of this bust beginning in 1802.
MAKER
Sevres
MEDIUM
Unglazed porcelain
DATES
1876
DIMENSIONS
9 x 4 7/8 x 4 1/8 in. (22.9 x 12.4 x 10.5 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
Reverse of bust, incised: [Company Logo] 'R.E.'; inside pedestal base small white paper label with numbers in blue ink: '1910' (?)
Christies tag with numerals: '1214'
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
1999.152.193
CREDIT LINE
Gift of the Estate of Harold S. Keller
EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Sevres. Bust of Napoleon, 1876. Unglazed porcelain, 9 x 4 7/8 x 4 1/8 in. (22.9 x 12.4 x 10.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Harold S. Keller, 1999.152.193. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.1999.152.193_view1.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, CUR.1999.152.193_view1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2011
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