A Sèvres plate from the 'iconographique français' service depicting Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665), circa 1820
Painted with the portrait of Nicolas Poussin en grisaille surrounded by gilt formal borders, the rim with a ground imitating lapis lazuli, a gilt classical border to the edge, titled in purple to the reverse 'Poussin (Nicolas) peintre, né à Andely./17ieme Siecle.', 23.7cm diam., interlaced LL monogram enclosing a fleur-de-lys/20 stencilled in blue, incised marks, D.Y. in purple, traces of gilt letters, collector's number in green 13.av.12
Provenance:
Anon. sale, Sotheby's New York, 26th October 2012, lot 298
The service 'iconographique français' was painted with portraits of notable French personalities, mainly after engravings. The portrait of Poussin in the present lot is after his self-portrait of 1650, now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris. Although it was started in 1816, the service was only delivered to the Château de Trianon in 1824 for Charles X. See Camille Leprince, Napoléon Ier & la Manufacture de Sèvres (2016), no. 199.
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Painted with the portrait of Nicolas Poussin en grisaille surrounded by gilt formal borders, the rim with a ground imitating lapis lazuli, a gilt classical border to the edge, titled in purple to the reverse 'Poussin (Nicolas) peintre, né à Andely./17ieme Siecle.', 23.7cm diam., interlaced LL monogram enclosing a fleur-de-lys/20 stencilled in blue, incised marks, D.Y. in purple, traces of gilt letters, collector's number in green 13.av.12
Provenance:
Anon. sale, Sotheby's New York, 26th October 2012, lot 298
The service 'iconographique français' was painted with portraits of notable French personalities, mainly after engravings. The portrait of Poussin in the present lot is after his self-portrait of 1650, now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris. Although it was started in 1816, the service was only delivered to the Château de Trianon in 1824 for Charles X. See Camille Leprince, Napoléon Ier & la Manufacture de Sèvres (2016), no. 199.
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