Pair of Portrait Busts of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
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Caption
Sevres. Pair of Portrait Busts of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, ca. 1880. Bisque, Marie Antoinette: 13 x 7 in. (33 x 17.8 cm) Louis XVI: 11 x 7 1/4 in. (27.9 x 18.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Bess and Sam Zeigen Family, 66.229.17a-b. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Collection
Gallery
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Collection
Maker
Title
Pair of Portrait Busts of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
Date
ca. 1880
Medium
Bisque
Classification
Dimensions
Marie Antoinette: 13 x 7 in. (33 x 17.8 cm) Louis XVI: 11 x 7 1/4 in. (27.9 x 18.4 cm)
Signatures
no signature
Inscriptions
no inscriptions
Markings
"N" under crown; "DORE A SEVRES / 56; "S-56" encircled. "Louis 16/R. (?)" inscribed on back of 66.229.17b same signature("R. (?) inscribed on back of 66.229.17a.
Credit Line
Gift of the Bess and Sam Zeigen Family
Accession Number
66.229.17a-b
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