Lot Essay
Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, known as 'Le Grand Condé' (1621-1686), was the son of Henri II, Prince de Condé. He married Richelieu's niece, Claire-Clémence de Maillé-Brézé in 1641. He fought as a captain in the wars between the Austrian, Spanish and Dutch.
This model was produced by the sculptor Rolland in 1785 after an original life size sculpture by Coysevox still at Versailles. He is shown here at war about to throw his 'Maréchal' stick into the enemy camp during the battle of Fribourg.
The first example was sold to Louis XVI on 4 January 1786 for 360 livres (Vy 10 fol. 131). Only nine examples were produced in the 18th century. One similar is in the collections of the Condé museum at Chantilly.
Cf. Emile Bourgeois, Le Biscuit de Sèvres au XVIIIe Siècle (Paris, 1909), vol. II, pl. 82 for the terracotta model in the Musée de Sèvres.
This model was produced by the sculptor Rolland in 1785 after an original life size sculpture by Coysevox still at Versailles. He is shown here at war about to throw his 'Maréchal' stick into the enemy camp during the battle of Fribourg.
The first example was sold to Louis XVI on 4 January 1786 for 360 livres (Vy 10 fol. 131). Only nine examples were produced in the 18th century. One similar is in the collections of the Condé museum at Chantilly.
Cf. Emile Bourgeois, Le Biscuit de Sèvres au XVIIIe Siècle (Paris, 1909), vol. II, pl. 82 for the terracotta model in the Musée de Sèvres.