Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
French, founded 1740
Medallion with Portrait of Louis XVI
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Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
French, founded 1740c. 1774–c. 1792
Medallion with Portrait of Louis XVI
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory French, founded 1740 →21st Centurysculptureceramics
Date
c. 1774–c. 1792
Medium
Hard-paste unglazed (biscuit) porcelain
Dimensions
1.3 × 6.4 × 6.4 cm (1/2 × 2 1/2 × 2 1/2 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Joseph Maier and Arthur Lewis Liebman Memorial: Gift of Kenneth J. Maier, M.D.
Like his grandfather, Louis XV, Louis XVI (r. 1774–92) maintained a great personal interest in Sèvres and financed it with government funds. Beginning with his accession to the throne in 1774, commemorative portrait medallions such as these were issued with regularity until the French Revolution.
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