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SOPHIE LIÉNARD (FRENCH, FL. C. 1842 - AFTER 1860)
Lot 430

SOPHIE LIÉNARD (FRENCH, FL. C. 1842 - AFTER 1860)

Closed3 June 2015

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GBP 3,250

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SOPHIE LIÉNARD (FRENCH, FL. C. 1842 - AFTER 1860)
Antoine of Orléans (1824-1890), Duke of Montpensier, in dark blue uniform with gold-embroidered oak leaf collar and gold epaulettes, wearing the red moiré sash, breast-star and badge of the Royal French Order of the Legion of Honour, black stock
Signed 'Sophie Liénard' (lower left)
Porcelain
Oval, 137 mm. high, gilt-metal mount within rectangular wood frame with brown velvet covering
The reverse of the plaque is stamped with the name of the porcelain factory: 'Rihouet / Ft de Porcelaine / 7 Rue de la Paix / Paris'.

Specialist note

The sitter was the youngest son of King Louis Philippe of the French (see lots 424 and 425) and Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily (see lot 426). He married, in 1846, Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain, daughter of King Ferdinand VII of Spain. After the Revolution of 1848 he left France and went to Spain. He was defeated by Amadeo of Savoy in the elections to appoint a new king and he subsequently left Spain but saw his daughter Mercedes become Queen of Spain after her marriage to Alfonso XII, son of Isabella II.