A TINTED-TERRACOTTA PROFILE RELIEF PORTRAIT OF MADAME RECAMIER

WORKSHOP OF JOSEPH CHINARD (1756-1813), EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A TINTED-TERRACOTTA PROFILE RELIEF PORTRAIT OF MADAME RECAMIER
WORKSHOP OF JOSEPH CHINARD (1756-1813), EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Depicted facing right with her hair piled high and wearing a head scarf and a low dress, in a Louis XVI carved and giltwood frame, inscribed 'Chinard de l'institut a paris' and bearing paper labels inscribed '523', 'No. 6 1856' and 'I5'
9 x 8¼ in. (23 x 21 cm.); 16½ x 13¼ in. (42 x 33.5 cm.) overall

Literature

For the model see M. Germain Bapst, Catalogue des sculptures par Joseph Chinard de Lyon (1756-1813) formant la collection de M. le comte de Penha-Longa, Paris, 1911, no. 42.

Lot Essay

Mme. Recamier was born in Lyons, the daughter of a local notary. She married the wealthy banker Jacques-Rose Recamier and, 'aided by her considerable beauty, her husband's great wealth and a charming and ingratiating character' she became one of the most sought after women in Revolutionary Paris. She was depicted by Chinard in both relief and bust form.

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