Buste van biscuit, voorstellende Napoleon Bonaparte, Manufacture Impériale de Sèvres, 1805

Identification

Title(s)

Buste van biscuit, voorstellende Napoleon Bonaparte

Object type

column

Object number

BK-15530-B

Description

Zuil van gefineerd mahoniehout, staande op forse vierkante basis, waarboven een geprofileerde basisring van massief mahonie; de schacht heeft vergulde geciseleerde brede bronzen ringen aan boven en beneden einde en boven een bolle kwart ronde koperen afsluiting een vierkant massief mahoniehouten abaleus.

Creation

Artist

Manufacture Impériale de Sèvres

Place

Sèvres

Dating

1805

Material and Technique

Material

Technique

gild

Measurements

height 116 cm
diameter 18 cm × weight 25 kg

Subject

When

1804 - 1815

Where

France

Who

Napoleon I (Emperor of the French)

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase 1943

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; from the dealer Alex Takx , Arnhem, fl. 3,500, to the museum, 1943

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Relations

Is part of

Buste van biscuit, voorstellende Napoleon Bonaparte, met bijbehorende zuil (BK-15530)

Documentation

Herinneringen aan de Bonapartes in het Rijksmuseum, Remmet van Luttervelt
Tentoonstelling Lodewijk Napoleon en het Koninkrijk Holland, Leendert Brummel

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.494120

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