A French porcelain oval cameo plaque Circa 1810-15, Sèvres or Paris
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possibly painted by Louis Bertin Parant, in imitation of cameo with a portrait bust of a warrior against a brown ground, ebonised and gilt wood frame, indistinct incised letters to the reverse, with a label on the back "J.Kugel Médaillon en porcelaine de Sèvres d'époque Empire figurant un profil à l'antique attribué à Parent France, vers 1800"
Haut de la plaque. 15,5 cm; Height of the plaque. 6 1/8 in
Galerie Kugel, Paris.
Former Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé collection.
Jean-Marie Degault and Louis Bertin Parant were among the most successful of several artists working at Sèvres (and as independent decorators), who became accomplished at painting profile portraits to simulate hardstone antique cameos. The famous Sèvres 'Service Iconographique' with similar decoration was delivered to Cardinal Fesch in July 1811 1, and the ‘Table des Grands Capitaines de l'Antiquité’2, originally ordered by Napoleon and in production 1806-12 (Royal Collection, RCIN 2634) was probably the most lavish of gifts given to George IV whilst Prince Regent by a grateful Louis XVIII, after the defeat of Napoleon. One of the most important sources for cameo portraits from antiquity was Ennio Quirino Visconti’s 'Iconographie Grecque' (commissioned by Napoleon as First Consul in 1804 and first published in Paris in 1808), a copy of which was delivered to Brongniart at Sèvres in 1811. The style, which epitomised the contemporary interest in the classical world, was quickly taken up by other Paris makers as well as competitors in Berlin and Vienna.
1 See Tamara Préaud, et al., The Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory Alexandre Brongniart and the Triumph of Art and Industry, 1800-1847, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1997, nos. 139a-d, pp. 349-351 and no. 23, p. 191.
2 See Geoffrey de Bellaigue, French Porcelain in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, London, 2009, Vol. III, no. 305, pp. 1062-1078.
[1] See Tamara Préaud, et al., “The Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory Alexandre Brongniart and the Triumph of Art and Industry, 1800-1847”, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1997, nos. 139a-d, pp. 349-351 and no. 23, p. 191.
[2] See Geoffrey de Bellaigue, French Porcelain in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, London, 2009, Vol. III, no. 305, pp. 1062-1078.