Live Auction 8107Christie's Interiors
A FRENCH MARBLE BUST, POSSIBLY PATRICE DE MAC-MAHON, DUC DE MAGENTA
Lot 296

A FRENCH MARBLE BUST, POSSIBLY PATRICE DE MAC-MAHON, DUC DE MAGENTA

CIRCA 1875

Closed8 January 2013

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GBP 2,500

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A FRENCH MARBLE BUST, POSSIBLY PATRICE DE MAC-MAHON, DUC DE MAGENTA
CIRCA 1875
Set on a detachable socle
33 in. (84 cm.) high

Specialist note

Marshal Patrice de Mac-Mahon, 1st Duke of Magenta (1808-1893), was a French general and politician with the distinction Marshal of France. He served as Chief of State of France from 1873 to 1875 and as the first president of the Third Republic, from 1875 to 1879.