CHANTILLY Rare stanniferous soft paste bust... - Lot 149 - Audap & Associés

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CHANTILLY Rare stanniferous soft paste bust... - Lot 149 - Audap & Associés
CHANTILLY Rare stanniferous soft paste bust representing King Louis XV (1710-1774), after a model by Jean-Baptiste II Lemoyne (1704-1778). The King, turned to his left and wrapped in a drape, is dressed in armor, the cord of the Order of the Holy Spirit falling from the right shoulder. The bust rests on a pedestal composed of a girdle with gadroons, accompanied on its base by a reclining lion and a rocaille cartouche. Dated and marked on the reverse, on the bust and on the base " 1745 " and a double C interlaced. 18th century, circa 1745 Height Height : 34,5 cm A small chip on the back right at the base of the pedestal. Model - After Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne (1704-1778), Bust of Louis XV in bronze, probably 19th century, H. 41 cm, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Arts (inv. 64.101.1630) Other examples in Chantilly porcelain - Bust of Louis XV and pedestal with lion, 1745, H. 31,9 cm, Boston, Museum of Fine Art (inv. 65.2014) - Bust of Louis XV and pedestal with war trophies, circa 1745-1750, H. 45.5 cm, Minneapolis, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts (inv. 83.140) - Bust of Louis XV and plinth with crowned cartouche, 1750-1755, H. 43.2 cm, Los Angeles, The J. Paul Getty Museum (inv. 84.DE.46) - Bust of Louis XV and pedestal with crowned cartouche, circa 1755, H. 45.5 cm, Hartford, Wadworth Atheneum Museum (inv. 1917.1509) Other examples in fine faience - Paris, Buste de Louis XV et socle au lion, circa 1745, H. 35 cm, Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs (inv. 35104). - Paris, Bust of Louis XV and pedestal with lion, after 1751, H. 50 cm, Paris, Musée du Louvre, on deposit at the Musée du Château de Lunéville (inv. OAP 191). - Paris or Lunéville, Bust of Louis XV and pedestal with lion, circa 1745-1760, H. 51,5 cm, Versailles, Château de Versailles (MV 2203). Bust of Queen Marie Leszczynska in pendant. - Paris or Lunéville, Bust of Louis XV and pedestal with lion, circa 1745-1755, H. 53 cm, Los Angeles, The J. Paul Getty Museum (inv. 86.DE.668). Bust of Marie Leszczynska in pendant. - Niderviller ? Paul-Louis Cyfflé, Bust of Louis XV and pedestal with lion, after 1751, H. ?, Sèvres, Cité de la Céramique (inv. MNC3042). Bust of Marie Leszczynska in pendant. - Paris, Buste de Louis XV et socle au lion, circa 1745, H. 57,5 cm, private collection (Le Duc, p. 190) - Paris, Bust of Louis XV without pedestal, circa 1745, H. 39 cm, private collection (Le Duc, p. 189) Bibliography - LE CORBEILLER (Clare), French Eighteenth-Century Porcelain at the Wadsworth Atheneum, 2000, cat. 20, pp. 46-49. - LE DUC (Geneviève), Porcelaine tendre de Chantilly au XVIIIe siècle, Paris, Hazan, 1996, p. 184-203. - FRANZ (Thierry), SCHERF (Guilhem), La sculpture en son château. Variation sur un art majeur, catalog of the exhibition at the Château de Lunéville, Lunéville, Snoeck, 2021, cat. 20-22, p. 56-57. - MAIRE (Christian), La faïence fine française, naissance d'une industrie, 1743-1843, catalog of the exhibition at the Musée national de Céramique de Sèvres, Paris, RMN, Le Mans, Rainette, 2008, p. 106-107. Interpretation of the marks The marks on the reverse of this bust and its base are identical to those on the Boston copy, both in location and form, as is the particular way of representing the 5 of 1745. The interlaced C marks on the reverse of this bust are usually interpreted as "Cicaire Cirou" or "Cirou Chantilly". Sicaire Cirou was a man who mastered the techniques of soft porcelain, having passed through the manufacture of Saint-Cloud in the 1720's before establishing the Chantilly manufacture with the Duke of Bourbon in 1730. As a sort of technical and artistic director, he is considered the master of the manufacture after the Duke's death in 1740, until his departure in 1751. But these marks with the double C could also evoke "Chantilly" or "Condé", in the same way that for the production of Vincennes, the double L indicates their protector Louis XV. The source of the model The origin of the model for this bust is to be found in the work of the sculptor Jean-Baptiste II Lemoyne (1704-1778). Born into a family of sculptors, he was a student of Robert Le Lorrain and won the Prix de Rome in 1725. From 1730, he became the appointed sculptor of King Louis XV, whom he represented in busts, medallions and equestrian statues, delivering between two and three representations per year between 1732 and 1774. The archives of the Chantilly factory that have come down to us do not mention any busts of the King that may have served as models for porcelain prints. Two hypotheses concerning the origin of the model can nevertheless be put forward. A bronze bust dated 1737 in the Metropolitan Museum in New York (inv. 64.101.1630) could be the model for the original.
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