A biscuit porcelain bust of Napoleon as first consul - image-1

Lot 867 Dα

A biscuit porcelain bust of Napoleon as first consul

Auction 1159 - overview Cologne
13.11.2020, 09:30 - Decorative Arts incl. the Renate and Tono Dreßen Collection
Estimate: 2.000 € - 3.000 €
Result: 1.500 € (incl. premium)
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A biscuit porcelain bust of Napoleon as first consul

Depicting Napoleon facing slightly towards the left with his hair combed forward and wearing a pleated jabot. The high-necked collar of his uniform is decorated with a border of oak leaves and its six buttons with the "fasces" symbol of the Revolution. With incised marks on the reverse. The plinth lost. H 22 cm.
Attributed to Sèvres, c. 1800 - 1805, after a model by Louis Simon Boizot.

Around ten of these busts were created by the Sèvres manufactory director Alexandre Brachard (1775 - 1830). They depict Napoleon following his return from Egypt when he became First Consul after the coup of 18 Brumaire.

Literature

Cf. Hubert/Ledoux-Lebard, Napoléon. Portraits contemporains, bustes et statues, Paris 1999, p. 22f, illus. 38 ff.
Cf. cat.: Louis-Simon Boizot 1743-1809 Sculpteur du roi et directeur de l'atelier de sculpture de la Manufacture de Sèvres, Paris 2001, p. 342, no. 87.