Details
| Artist | after a model by Antoine-Denis Chaudet, French, 1763-1810 |
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| Manufacturer | Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, active 1756 - present |
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| Date | 1810 |
| Medium | Hard-paste biscuit porcelain |
| Dimensions | Overall: 20 1/2 × 10 × 9 1/16 inches (52.1 × 25.4 × 23 cm) |
| Credit Line | Founders Society Purchase with funds from the Visiting Committee for European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, Mr. and Mrs. Stanford C. Stoddard, Mrs. Jennifer C. Stoddard; gifts from Lauretta R. Boell, Miss Alma l'Hommedieu, Mrs. Orren Scotten, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb, City of Detroit by exchange |
| Accession Number | 1997.8 |
| Department | European Sculpture and Dec Arts |
| On View | Era of Revolution S331.1, Level 3 (see map) |
Signed, Marks, Inscriptions
| Marks | Marks, impressed on front of base, above NAPOLEON: SÈVRES |
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| Inscriptions | Incised, in block letters on front of base: NAPOLÉON Incised, on top of back of base: A.L. [for the repairer Augustin Liancé] Incised, in script on lower half of back of base: A.B. 6.dec.10 [Alexandre Brachart (sculptor/repairer at Sèvres), Dec. 6, 1810] |
Provenance
Napoléon Bonaparte.
1814, gift to Joseph Philippe Arrighi de Casanova, Vicaire Général à l'Ile d'Elbe;
by 1826, Frederick William Hervey, 5th Earl of Bristol (Bristol, England);
1st Marquess of Bristol (Bristol, England);
1986, gift to General Sir Henry Constantine, K.C.B.;
by descent to Vincent Constantine, Cross Hall Manor, St. Neots (Huntingdonshire, England);
(Dragesco-Cramoisan, Paris, France);
1997-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1814, gift to Joseph Philippe Arrighi de Casanova, Vicaire Général à l'Ile d'Elbe;
by 1826, Frederick William Hervey, 5th Earl of Bristol (Bristol, England);
1st Marquess of Bristol (Bristol, England);
1986, gift to General Sir Henry Constantine, K.C.B.;
by descent to Vincent Constantine, Cross Hall Manor, St. Neots (Huntingdonshire, England);
(Dragesco-Cramoisan, Paris, France);
1997-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Published References
Eriksen, S. La Porcellane Francesi a Palazzo Pitti. Florence, 1973, pp. 100-101, no. 57.
Loesch, A. Napoleonische Schenkung 1809. Exh. cat., Porzellansammlung im Zwinger. Dresden, 1992-1993, no. 1.
Chevalier, Bernard. Napoleon. Exh. cat. Memphis, 1993, p. 99, no. 100.
Préaud, T. The Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory: Alexandre Brongniart and the Triumph of Art and Industry, 1800-1847. Exh. cat. New York, 1997, no. 137, pp. 345-346 (ill.).
Darr, A. and T. Albainy, "Acquisitions of European sculpture and decorative arts at the Detroit Institute of Arts, 1988 - 1999." The Burlington Magazine 142 (June 2000): p. 410, no. XV (ill.).
Loesch, A. Napoleonische Schenkung 1809. Exh. cat., Porzellansammlung im Zwinger. Dresden, 1992-1993, no. 1.
Chevalier, Bernard. Napoleon. Exh. cat. Memphis, 1993, p. 99, no. 100.
Préaud, T. The Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory: Alexandre Brongniart and the Triumph of Art and Industry, 1800-1847. Exh. cat. New York, 1997, no. 137, pp. 345-346 (ill.).
Darr, A. and T. Albainy, "Acquisitions of European sculpture and decorative arts at the Detroit Institute of Arts, 1988 - 1999." The Burlington Magazine 142 (June 2000): p. 410, no. XV (ill.).
