Marie-antoinette, Queen Of France — Sèvres Biscuit After Brachard, Modeled In July 1877

Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France
Model known as Brachard (Jean-Charles-Nicolas or Jean-Nicolas-Alexandre, active at the factory between 1782 and 1827
Sèvres, July 1877
Height: 31.5 cm
Very good general condition
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Sèvres biscuit on a blue and gold pedestal
Incised marks and Sèvres stamp on the back
Under the pedestal, stamp in green S77 and gilded to Sèvres 82 in red
Modeler's mark M-77-7 for July 1877
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This little-known model is attributed to Brachard without specifying whether it is the elder, Jean-Charles-Nicolas or the younger Jean-Nicolas-Alexandre Brachard, active together at the factory between 1782 and 1827. It is [...] an idealized portrait of the queen and not the evocation of a sovereign at the height of her power as evoked Boizot's model. Her head is slightly turned to the right, her shoulders covered in a naturally knotted fabric, and she wears a tiara adorned with a fleur-de-lis and held in place by a row of pearls. Everything here is reminiscent of royalist iconography, which could suggest that the model, the exact date of its creation of which is unknown, probably dates from the Restauration period. [Notice Réunion des Musées nationaux]