A CIRCULAR GILT-BRONZE PROFILE PORTRAIT RELIEF OF LOUIS XVI
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A CIRCULAR GILT-BRONZE PROFILE PORTRAIT RELIEF OF LOUIS XVI

WORKSHOP OF B. DUVIVIER, 1774

Closed16 July 2010

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A CIRCULAR GILT-BRONZE PROFILE PORTRAIT RELIEF OF LOUIS XVI
WORKSHOP OF B. DUVIVIER, 1774
Bearing a paper label to the reverse inscribed 'Louis XVI/for B. Duvivier 1774/34mm/94mm/Nocq von type p.195.../p.485 (Buste/du Louis XVI'
3¼ in. (8.3 cm.); 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm.); 4 7/8 in. (12.3 cm.) diameter respectively
Together with a circular parcel-gilt bronze profile portrait relief of Louis XIV, after the model by T. Bernard, late 19th/20th century; and a circular portrait relief of Louis XIV, after the model by Jean Varin, 18th century, in a later frame (3)

The portrait relief of Louis XIV acquired from Yvonne Ffrench, London, November 1978.