Live Auction 2695The Opulent Eye
A BERLIN (K.P.M.) PORCELAIN OVAL PORTRAIT PLAQUE, 'MME. RECAMIER'
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A BERLIN (K.P.M.) PORCELAIN OVAL PORTRAIT PLAQUE, 'MME. RECAMIER'

LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED MONOGRAM AND SCEPTRE MARK, W, 5 AND CYPHER, SIGNED WAGNER

Closed18 April 2013

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A BERLIN (K.P.M.) PORCELAIN OVAL PORTRAIT PLAQUE, 'MME. RECAMIER'
LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED MONOGRAM AND SCEPTRE MARK, W, 5 AND CYPHER, SIGNED WAGNER
In the Neoclassic style, finely painted after J.L. David with a half-length detail of the celebrated French court beauty
10¾ in. (27 cm.) high, 8¾ in. (22.5 cm.) wide, excluding the giltwood and gilt gesso frame

Specialist note

Jacques-Louis David, French (1748-1825). The full- length portrait of Madame Récamier (1800) is conserved at the Musée du Louvre, Paris.

Madame Jeanne-Francoise Julie Adélade Récamier, known as Juliette, was at the forefront of early 19th century French society, and her Paris salon brought together members of the leading literary and political circles of the day.