© National Museum Cardiff
Bust of Napoleon I
Artist: in the style of Antoine Denis Chaudet (1763 - 1810)
Location: National Museum Cardiff
Date: 1808
Materials: hard paste orcelain, ormolu & painted metal
Dimensions: 35 x 18 x 15 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £1,800 (Total: £8,800)
Vendor: Dragesco-Cramoisan, Paris
Review number: 3733 (1992)
Provenance:
Dragesco-Cramoisan, Paris.
Description:
Bust of Napoleon I, after A.D.Chaudet, a reduction of the official marble portrait bust of 1804 made by Antoine-Denis Chaudet, owned by Napoleon but since lost. A porcelain version was made at Sevres from 1805 in three sizes, of which this is the second. It was moulded after a model by Alexandre Brachard, head of the sculpture department at Sevres, then worked up by one of his assistants, Jacques-Jean Oger.
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