A LOUIS XV ORMOLU PORTRAIT MEDALLION OF LOUIS XV

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU PORTRAIT MEDALLION OF LOUIS XV
In silhouette, his hair bound with a ribbon-tied laurel-wreath on a moulded oval alabaster plaque, the 19th Century channelled ormolu frame surmounted by a pierced foliate cresting centred by the Royal Arms of France, the reverse of the medallion with pencil inscription
7 in. x 5 in. (19.5 cm. x 13.5 cm.)

Provenance

Sir Philip Sassoon, Bt., 25 Park Lane, W.1., recorded in Sir Philip's Bedroom in 1939.
Works of Art from Houghton, Norfolk, sold in these Rooms, 8 December 1994, lot 1.

Lot Essay

A related medallion of Louis XVI signed F. P. Lebrun in the Wallace Collection (S392) is illustrated in P. Verlet, Les Bronzes Dors Franais du XVIIIe sicle, Paris, 1987, p. 134, fig. 171. The signature F. P. Lebrun may stand for fait par Lebrun, in which case the sculptor is probably Andr-Jean Lebrun (1737-1811) (J. G. Mann, Wallace Collection Catalogues: Sculpture, London, 1931, S392, p. 142 and 1981 supplement).

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