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Napoleon as First Consul

Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (French, active 1756 - present) (Manufacturer)
After a model by Simon-Louis Boizot (French, 1743-1809) (Artist)
French (Artist)
1877 (bust); 1868-1875 (socle)
bust: porcelain biscuit; socle: porcelain, glaze, gilding
(18th and 19th Centuries )

This bust of Napoleon was modeled by Boizot and then put into production at the Sèvres factory on 8 November 1802. It shows Napoleon as a general from the consulate period during which he consolidated his power.
The bust stands on a blue and gold glazed porcelain base.

Inscription

[Manufacturer’s Mark] impressed on back: SEVRES [in an oval]
[Reparer’s Mark and Date Mark] inscribed on back: A S, 77 [for 1877]
[Manufacturer’s Fabrication Mark and Date Mark] stamped in green under the glaze on the underside of foot of socle: [within an oval] S 68 [for 1868]
[Manufacturer’s Decoration Mark and Date Mark] stamped in red over the glaze on the underside of foot of socle: [within a circle and encircling RF] DORÉ À SÈVRES 75 [for 1875]
[Paper Tag] affixed to underside of the foot printed with “No.” and inscribed in black ink: 136.

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.

Purchased by William T. or Henry Walters, Baltimore, after 1877 [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; by bequest to the Walters Art Museum, 1931.

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Geographies

France, Sèvres (Place of Origin)

Measurements

Overall: H. 7 15/16 × W. 4 3/8 × D. 3 3/4 in. (20.1 × 11.1 × 9.5 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters before 1931

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

48.1002

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