Pair of Portrait Busts of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette

Sevres

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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)

Gallery

Not on view

Maker

Sevres

Title

Pair of Portrait Busts of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette

Date

ca. 1880

Medium

Bisque

Classification

Ceramic

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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