BOIZOT, Louis-Simon

Maker: Sèvres, Manufacture nationale de

Louis XVI

Louis XVI

c. 1774

hard-paste porcelain

medallion

Dimensions (HxWxD): H. 5 ¹¹⁄₁₆ in.

inscribed: Louis seize donné par Mr le Marechal de Mouy (?) à son ami Mr de Camerlieve (?) eveque d'Apt.

Acc. No.: 48.1004

Credit Line: Acquired by Henry Walters, 1911

Photo credit: The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

© Artist : public domain

Baltimore, Maryland, The Walters Art Museum

thewalters.org

Provenance

• New York, E. F. Bonaventure
• 1911, Baltimore, Henry Walters, by purchase
• 1931, Walters Art Museum, by bequest

Bibliography

• Museum's website, May 22, 2013

Comment

• Museum's website, May 22, 2013:
  This image of the king, who was also the proprietor of the Sèvres porcelain manufactory, was modeled by Louis-Simon Boizet, director of sculpture at the factory.