Rare Plaster Cast * (height: 85 Cm) Particularly "welcome" And Perfectly Faithful To The Marble

Rare plaster cast * (height: 85 cm) particularly "welcome" and perfectly faithful to the marble original ** of the bust portrait of Marie Adélaïde Clotilde Xavière de France, known as Madame Clotilde, (Versailles, September 23, 1759 - Naples, March 7, 1802), made by Charles Edouard Pouzadoux from the casting workshop of the "Monuments français..." institution created by Eugène Violet-Le-Duc in 1879. The base is inlaid with a brass medallion bearing the inscriptions: MUSEE DE SCULPTURE COMPAREE / 1908 / PALAIS DU TROCADERO C. POUZADOUX MOULEUR DU MUSEE / DIRECTION DU MUSEE This work comes from a private mansion in the Lubéron. (small dents, dirt, clean breakage of a hair curl reattached without adding material.) * height: 85 cm / dirt, small dents, a curl of the headdress broken cleanly and reattached without adding material. Good general condition despite everything. ** the author of the work is, to this day, not identified. From the beginning of the 19th century this bust is mentioned several times as appearing in the guard room of the Palace of Versailles. It has been exhibited since 1965 in the castle, in the large office of Madame Adélaïde (room 58). C. Pouzadoux molder, Museum of Comparative Sculptures, Palais du Trocadéro Charles Edouard Pouzadoux (1860 - 1840) is the son of Jean Pouzadoux (1829 - 1893), a remarkable Parisian molder of the 19th century, associated with the molder Gherardi (Rome and Paris). If the father distinguished himself by the technical prowess and the quality of his moldings, the son was no less renowned and took over the management of the molding workshop in 1893. A number of his works, of very beautiful execution, are still visible within the Cité de l'Architecture (Paris). Marie Adélaïde Clotilde Xavière of France Daughter of the Dauphin Louis and Marie-Joseph of Saxony, granddaughter of Louis XV, sister of the kings Louis XVI, Louis XVIII and Charles X closely linked to the House of Savoy, she was, through her marriage to Charles Emmanuel of Savoy, Prince of Piedmont and King of Sardinia, Queen from 1796 until her death in 1802. Very pious and appreciated by those around her, her life was essentially part of the turmoil and consequences of the French Revolution In addition to her destiny, she was deeply religious and devoted to God. Brief biography Clotilde of France was baptized on September 23, 1759, the day of her birth, by Nicolas de Bouillé, Dean of the Counts of Lyon, Bishop of Autun, First Chaplain to the King. She was baptized on October 19, 1761, the day after the baptism of the Duke of Berry, future Louis XVI, and the Count of Provence, future Louis XVIII, and the same day as the Count of Artois, future Charles X, by Archbishop Charles Antoine de la Roche-Aymon in the royal chapel of the Palace of Versailles in the presence of Jean-François Allart, priest of the Notre Dame church in Versailles. The Duke of Berry, her elder brother and future Louis XVI, was her godfather. Her godmother was her aunt Louise of France. The teenager, whom the court nicknamed with irony and malice "Gros Madame" because of her plumpness, was raised by the Countess of Marsan with her younger sister, Madame Elisabeth (born in 1764). Marie Thérèse de la Ferté-Imbault, daughter of Madame Geoffrin, would be her philosophy tutor. Clotilde of France became an orphan of father at the age of 6 and of mother at the age of 8. In 1770, the marriage of her elder brother the dauphin with the Archduchess of Austria Marie-Antoinette was celebrated. In 1771 and 1773, her two other brothers married princesses of Savoy. Her grandfather, Louis XV, died in 1774 and her elder brother became king under the name of Louis XVI. The following year, aged 15, she married Charles-Emmanuel of Savoy, Prince of Piedmont, eldest son of King Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia and Marie-Antoinette of Spain. They had no children, but were very close, united by a solid piety and a sincere faith. Loved and pampered, the young woman lost her plumpness. In his Memoirs, Count Hippolyte d'Espinchal, who had emigrated to Turin, reported: "The Princess of Piedmont whom we saw in France under the name of Madame Clotilde... has no children. This is lacking in her happiness because she is perfectly happy with her husband who has the greatest veneration for her, a feeling that she has inspired in the entire court. She is extremely devoted and very scrupulously attached to the etiquette of this court, which is all the sadder for it." In Turin, the Revolution was perceived as a calamity: the court had welcomed in 1789 the Count of Artois, brother of Clotilde, who had married a sister of Charles-Emmanuel, Marie-Thérèse of Savoy, and their brother, the Count of Provence, who was also married to another sister. However, if Clotilde had the joy of seeing her brother the Count of Artois again, who emigrated with his family in July 1789, and her aunts, Mesdames, daughters of Louis XV, who emigrated in 1791, she had the pain of learning of the death of her brother, Louis XVI, and her sister-in-law, Marie-Antoinette, guillotined in 1793, her sister Madame Elisabeth, guillotined in 1794, and her nephew Louis who died in the Temple Prison in 1795, at the age of 10. In 1796, French troops under the leadership of General Bonaparte invaded northern Italy and seized the County of Nice and the Duchy of Savoy. Clotilde, Queen of Sardinia Clotilde's father-in-law died shortly after agreeing to his defeat by the Treaty of Paris, and her husband acceded to the throne under the name of Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia. The new sovereign tried to appease the first French republic, but despite his demonstrations of friendship, General Joubert invaded his States in 1798. The court of Turin then took refuge in Sardinia where it remained until 1814. Aged 42, Clotilde died in 1802 in Naples where she lived with her husband. She was buried in the church of Saint Catherine in Chiaia. Her husband abdicated shortly after in favor of his younger brother Victor-Emmanuel and retired to a convent. Recognition by the Catholic Church Her canonization process was opened in Rome in 1804 and, by the introduction of her cause, Clotilde was declared a "servant of God" by the Catholic Church in 1808, the first step towards the recognition of her sainthood. In 1982, the decree recognizing the heroic nature of his virtues and the official title of "Venerable" was issued.