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Portrait of Mme Du Barry,
by F.-H. Drouais
Agen, Mus/ee des Beaux-Arts
A SEVRES PLATE FROM THE 'DU BARRY' SERVICE
BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER U FOR 1773, PAINTER'S MARKS FOR CATON (THE FIGURES) AND VANDÉ, PÈRE (THE FLOWERS), GILDER'S MARK FOR LE GUAY
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A SEVRES PLATE FROM THE 'DU BARRY' SERVICE
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter U for 1773, painter's marks for Caton (the figures) and Vandé, père (the flowers), gilder's mark for Le Guay
The center with entwined gilt laurel D and flower garland B as a monogram, the border alternately painted after Boucher with putti in clouds reserved within tooled gilt oval panels and with baskets of flowers, each separated by a wreath suspended on either side of the putto from the flower garland edging the top of the cartouche, the rim with a narrow shaped band of blue enamel gilt with tooled zigzag
9 5/8in. (25.5cm.) diam.
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter U for 1773, painter's marks for Caton (the figures) and Vandé, père (the flowers), gilder's mark for Le Guay
The center with entwined gilt laurel D and flower garland B as a monogram, the border alternately painted after Boucher with putti in clouds reserved within tooled gilt oval panels and with baskets of flowers, each separated by a wreath suspended on either side of the putto from the flower garland edging the top of the cartouche, the rim with a narrow shaped band of blue enamel gilt with tooled zigzag
9 5/8in. (25.5cm.) diam.
Sale room notice
The present plate is from a service probably designed for the comtesse du Barry but never delivered to her.