French Empire Bronze Bust Of Napoleon - Feuchère
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An Important almost life size period first French Empire patinated bronze bust of Napoleon by Pierre-Francois Feuchère(1737-1823). French Empire, circa: 1810. Measuring: 13.5" high.
The present model of the bronze bust was first created in 1799 by
the Emperor’s favorite sculptor, Antoine Denis Chaudet(1769-1821), creator of the statue of Bonaparte that was cast from captured cannon and crowned the column on the Place Vendome in Paris. Versions of this official bust--Napoleon's favorite--were carved in marble at Carrara, Italy and done in bronze in France commissioned by Napoleon from only 1807-1812. while numerous busts were ordered by Napoleon during this time to place in public institutions. Most surviving first Period examples(1807-1812) such as the present bust can now only be found in Museum collections
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Pierre-Francois Feuchère (1737-1823), with his son Lucien-Francois, ran one of the largest workshops for the production of luxurious gilt bronze work during the late 1700s and early 1800s, but little is known about him. In the 18th century his bronze clock cases, wall lights, and candelabra and other bronze sculpture were in high demand. The firm continued to produce high-quality works into the 1800s under Feuchère's grandson.
Lucien-François Feuchère (1750-1828). Although little is known about the life of Lucien-François Feuchère, who, with his father Pierre-Francois, ran one of the largest Parisian workshops for making gilt bronze objects from the 1760s through the early decades of the 1800s. Together they produced superior bronze work for an international clientele, including French, German, and Austrian nobility.
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Lost wax method of bronze casting. Hand chasing and chiseling of the surface. Original patina present and intact. Inscription on front hand chiseled after casting. Signature of " Feuchère " hand chiseled by him and numbered with inventory " No 3" making this one of the earliest and first bronze busts produced by him.
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En français: de bust au napoleon I bronze important empire I
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