The duchesse de Berry
This bust appears to be the most ambitious piece of porcelain produced by the Paris factory of Auguste Dominique Denuelle. It is based on a marble bust by the sculptor Henri Joseph Ruxtheil (1755–1837) and depicts Marie-Caroline, the duchess of Berry. A daughter of King Francis I of the Two Sicilies, Marie-Caroline married Charles Ferdinand, the duke of Berry, whose father became Charles X in 1824. Charles Ferdinand was assassinated four years before his father ascended the throne, and Marie-Caroline was forced to flee France when her father-in-law was overthrown in the July Revolution of 1830.
Artwork Details
- Title: The duchesse de Berry
- Manufactory: Denuelle Manufactory (French)
- Artist: After an original by Henri Joseph Ruxthiel (1775–1837)
- Date: ca. 1820
- Culture: French, Paris
- Medium: Hard-paste biscuit and glazed porcelain; bronze
- Dimensions: Overall, on bronze plinth: 27 1/2 × 15 1/8 × 9 1/2 in. (69.9 × 38.4 × 24.1 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
- Credit Line: Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Sid R. Bass Gift, in honor of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2007
- Object Number: 2007.298
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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