Louis-Bertin Parant
Portrait of Emperor Napoleon I in profile to the left, bust-length, crowned with laurels with contemporary ormolu frame with a band of anthemion palmettes divided by scrolling foliage set in a rectangular wood mount.
Found at
Christies,
London
TRAFALGAR BICENTENARY THE AGE OF NELSON,WELLINGTON&NAPOLEON, Lot 125
19. Oct - 19. Oct 2005
TRAFALGAR BICENTENARY THE AGE OF NELSON,WELLINGTON&NAPOLEON, Lot 125
19. Oct - 19. Oct 2005
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 GBP
Price realised: 7.200 GBP
Price realised: 7.200 GBP
Description
Louis-Bertin Parant (1768-1851)
Portrait of Emperor Napoleon I in profile to the left, bust-length, crowned with laurels with contemporary ormolu frame with a band of anthemion palmettes divided by scrolling foliage set in a rectangular wood mount.
Signed LB Parant
6 x 4 7/8in. (5 x 12.3cm.)
Louis-Bertin Parant specialised in painted simulated cameos of this type on a dark brown ground. Some of his most celebrated work is seen on Sèvres porcelain, he was active between 1806-1828 and 1835-1841. His most famous commission was for the cameos on the Table des Grands Capitaines, commissioned by Napoleon in 1806 which had taken six years to produce rather than the anticipated eight to ten months (Parent finished on 17 March 1812). Parent was not part of the regular work force at Sèvres, preferring to work alone in his Paris studio.
Portrait of Emperor Napoleon I in profile to the left, bust-length, crowned with laurels with contemporary ormolu frame with a band of anthemion palmettes divided by scrolling foliage set in a rectangular wood mount.
Signed LB Parant
6 x 4 7/8in. (5 x 12.3cm.)
Louis-Bertin Parant specialised in painted simulated cameos of this type on a dark brown ground. Some of his most celebrated work is seen on Sèvres porcelain, he was active between 1806-1828 and 1835-1841. His most famous commission was for the cameos on the Table des Grands Capitaines, commissioned by Napoleon in 1806 which had taken six years to produce rather than the anticipated eight to ten months (Parent finished on 17 March 1812). Parent was not part of the regular work force at Sèvres, preferring to work alone in his Paris studio.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 44 %.
In October 2005 Christies in London held the auction TRAFALGAR BICENTENARY THE AGE OF NELSON,WELLINGTON&NAPOLEON, which included the work Portrait of Emperor Napoleon I in profile to the left, bust-length, crowned with laurels with contemporary ormolu frame with a band of anthemion palmettes divided by scrolling foliage set in a rectangular wood mount. by Louis-Bertin Parant. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 7,200.00 (€ 10,617.82), 44% above the upper estimate. Other works by Louis-Bertin Parant have achieved even higher prices, we observed the highest auction result so far of EUR 14,375.00 in September 2015 for the work Henri Iv, Roi De France Et Navarre, De Profil (1553-1610).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 44 % übertroffen
Im Oktober 2005 führte Christies in London die Auktion TRAFALGAR BICENTENARY THE AGE OF NELSON,WELLINGTON&NAPOLEON durch, in der auch die Arbeit Portrait of Emperor Napoleon I in profile to the left, bust-length, crowned with laurels with contemporary ormolu frame with a band of anthemion palmettes divided by scrolling foliage set in a rectangular wood mount. von Louis-Bertin Parant zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 7.200,00 (€ 10.617,82) und damit 44% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Andere Arbeiten von Louis-Bertin Parant haben noch höhere Preise erzielt - wir haben das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis von EUR 14.375,00 im September 2015 für die Arbeit Henri Iv, Roi De France Et Navarre, De Profil (1553-1610) beobachtet.
Louis-Bertin Parant - Auction history
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