Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
Bust of Marie-Antoinette (one of a pair)

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ManufacturerManufactured by Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory(French, established 1756)French, established 1756

Artistprobably after a model by Louis-Simon Boizot(French, 1743–1809)French, 1743–1809

CultureFrench

Titles

Bust of Marie-Antoinette (one of a pair)

Datec. 1785

MediumHard-paste porcelain

Dimensions19 5/16 in. high (49 cm high)

Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, museum purchase funded by the Rienzi Society, Jas Gundry, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Reckling III in honor of Dr. Marjorie Horning and Mrs. Rosanette Cullen, and Lucy J. Currie in memory of Mary Ellen Carey

Object number2015.662

Current Location

Rienzi

Drawing Room

On view

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Rienzi

Object Type

SCULPTURE

Provenance[Tajan, Paris, 18 June 2013]; [Adrian Sassoon, London, 2015]; purchased by MFAH, 2016.
Exhibition History"Radicals and Revolutionaries: America's Founding Fathers," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 10–May 28, 2018.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Label in ink on bottom: 8489

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