Bust of Napoleon I

in the style of Antoine Denis Chaudet (1763 - 1810)

National Museum Cardiff

1808

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.

• Medium: hard paste orcelain, ormolu & painted metal
• Dimensions: 35 x 18 x 15 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £1800 ( Total: £8,800)
• ArtFunded in: 1992
• Vendor: Dragesco-Cramoisan, Paris

Provenance

Dragesco-Cramoisan, Paris.

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