Lot 1228 D α

A Sèvres porcelain bust of Mirabeau

Auction 1184 - overview Cologne
19.11.2021, 11:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €
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A Sèvres porcelain bust of Mirabeau

Two-part bust on a round base labelled on a tablet on the front "QUI QUE SOIS, VOICI TON MAITRE/ IL L´EST LE FUT, OU LE DOIT ETRE" (a quote by Voltaire: Whoever you are, this is your master: He is, was, or must become). Impressed SEVRES mark on the back right of the busts, incised mark conjoined AK 6.81. With a firing crack. H 44.7 cm.
1881.

"Honoré Gabriel Victor de Riqueti Comte de Mirabeau (1749 - 1791) was a prominent leader in the early days of the French Revolution. A skilled orator, he advocated a constitutional monarchy as a compromise between the revolutionaries and the supporters of the monarchy. In 1791 he was elected President of the National Assembly, but died soon after. The original model by Josse-François-Joseph Le Riche, head of the sculpture studio in Sèvres from 1780-1806, dates from this period. The version presented here is one that was modified later."

Provenance

Private collection, Rome.