Lot 1566 D α

A French marble bust of a lady

Auction 1174 - overview Cologne
04.06.2021, 12:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 15.000 € - 20.000 €

A French marble bust of a lady

White Carrara marble bust of a lady with a braided hairstyle dressed in a chemise. With a label on the reverse inscribed “Princesse Caroline/ Collection Princesse Murat” in ink. The marble along the lower edge of the bust chipped and slightly discoloured. H 54.5, W ca. 42 cm.
Ca. 1810, after François-Joseph Bosio (1768 – 1845).

Literature

Cf. the bust of Marie-Louise attributed to Bosio in the object database of the Museumslandschaft Hessen-Kassel, inv. no. SM 3.2.147.
Cf. The bust of Joséphine de Beauharnais in biscuit porcleain by Sèvres after Bosio in Rueil-Malmaison, Musée du Château, inv. no. MM.D. 63.