ASSIETTE EN PORCELAINE DE SÈVRES PROVENANT DU SERVICE PARTICULIER DE L’EMPEREUR DIT SERVICE DES QUARTIERS GÉNÉRAUX, REPRÉSENTANT L`ENTREVUE ENTRE NAPOLÉON 1ER ET LE TSAR ALEXANDRE 1ER DE RUSSIE
20.11.2024 16:00UTC +01:00
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Starting price
200000EUR € 200 000
Auctioneer | CHRISTIE'S |
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Event location | France, Paris |
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ID 1329875
Lot 4 | ASSIETTE EN PORCELAINE DE SÈVRES PROVENANT DU SERVICE PARTICULIER DE L’EMPEREUR DIT SERVICE DES QUARTIERS GÉNÉRAUX, REPRÉSENTANT L'ENTREVUE ENTRE NAPOLÉON 1ER ET LE TSAR ALEXANDRE 1ER DE RUSSIE
Estimate value
€ 200 000 – 300 000
MANUFACTURE IMPERIALE DE SÈVRES, PEINTE EN 1808 PAR JACQUES FRANÇOIS JOSEPH SWEBACH (1769-1823)
Représentant au centre l’entrevue entre l’Empereur Napoléon 1er et le Tsar Alexandre 1er de Russie devant une baraque sur un radeau sur le fleuve Niemen à Tilsitt en Prusse le 25 juin 1807 pour conclure la paix, l’aile à fond vert de chrome décorée en or d’une frise de glaives reliés par une guirlande de feuilles de laurier et alternées d’étoiles. La scène signée Swebach en bas au centre.
D. 23,5 cm (9 ¼ in.)
Provenance
Livrée pour l'Empereur au Palais des Tuileries en avril 1810 ;Emportée par l’Empereur Napoléon Ier à Sainte-Hélène ;Offerte par le comte de Montholon au fils du comte Emmanuel de Las Cases après la mortde l’Empereur
Literature
S. Grandjean, “Un chef d’œuvre de Sèvres, le service de l’Empereur ”, in Art de France, 1962, pp. 170-178.
P. Arizzoli-Clémentel, “Les surtouts impériaux en porcelaine de Sèvres”, in Bulletin des Amis Suisse de la Céramique, mai 1976, pp. 3-63.
S. Grandjean, “Au Louvre : Un biscuit napoléonien de Sèvres”, in Antologia di Belle Arti, Mélange Verlet, 1987, n° 31-32, pp. 3-15.
cat. expo., J.-P., Samoyault, “La Table Impériale”, in Versailles et les Tables royales en Europe, novembre 1993-février 1994, p. 197, pp. 202-204.
T. Préaud, The Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, Alexandre Brongniart and the Triumph of Art and Industry, 1800-1847, 1998, pp. 116-117 et p. 190, n° 22.
B. Chevalier, Sainte-Hélène, île de mémoire, 2005, p. 115.
C. Beyeler, « La collection de porcelaines de Sèvres du musée Napoléon 1er au château de Fontainebleau, le service particulier de l’Empereur », in Napoléon Ier et Sèvres, L’art de la porcelaine au service de l’Empire, Paris, 2016, pp. 80-90.
Exhibited
B. Chevallier, Trésor de la Fondation Napoléon, dans l’intimité de la Cour Impériale, 28 septembre 2004- 3 avril 2005, pp. 127-139.
Further details
SÈVRES PORCELAIN PLATE FROM THE EMPEROR'S PRIVATE SERVICE KNOWN AS THE HEADQUARTERS SERVICE, DEPICTING THE MEETING BETWEEN NAPOLEON 1ST AND TSAR ALEXANDER 1ST OF RUSSIA, PAINTED IN 1808 BY JACQUES FRANÇOIS JOSEPH SWEBACH (1769-1823)
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