A porcelain plaque with Napoleon I in his coronation robe - image-1
A porcelain plaque with Napoleon I in his coronation robe - image-2
A porcelain plaque with Napoleon I in his coronation robe - image-1A porcelain plaque with Napoleon I in his coronation robe - image-2

Lot 8 Dα

A porcelain plaque with Napoleon I in his coronation robe

Auction 1125 - overview Berlin
07.11.2018, 18:00 - The Twinight Collection I
Estimate: 30.000 € - 50.000 €

A porcelain plaque with Napoleon I in his coronation robe

Portrait of the French Emperor facing slightly to the right and dressed in his coronation robes with ermine collar, purple cloak, and the chain of the Legion of Honour. Signed to the right "H:y. Adam. pinxit 1806." H 24, W 18.4 cm.
Attributed to Sèvres, decorated by Henri Albert Adam, 1806.

Provenance

Christie´s London, 19th October 2005, lot 104.

Literature

For this artist cf.: Lemoine-Bouchard, Les Peintres en miniature 1650 - 1850, Paris 2008, p. 42.