Important and rare bust of Clemence of Hungary,... - Lot 157 - Vasari Auction

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Important and rare bust of Clemence of Hungary,... - Lot 157 - Vasari Auction
Important and rare bust of Clemence of Hungary, queen of France, carved in stone in the round; young woman with a beautiful full face with almond-shaped eyes, swollen upper eyelids, fine nose and very slightly turned up, mouth sketching a smile; flowered crown placed on a wimple. France Neo-Gothic period (wears, spalls) Height : 34 cm 34 cm - Width : 31 cm - Depth : 14 cm Note : This work presents many similarities with the marble recumbent of Clemence of Hungary formerly in the Jacobins of Paris and today in Saint Denis Clemence of Hungary, (born February 8, 1293 in Naples - died October 13, 1328 in Paris), queen of France and queen consort of Navarre, was the daughter of Charles-Martel of Anjou, king of Hungary and Clemence of Habsburg, daughter of Emperor Rudolf I. She married Louis X le Hutin on August 15, 1315. Widowed in June 1316, she gave birth to a son, Jean 1er le Posthume, who lived only 4 days. She will live a few years at the court of the pope Jean XXII in Avignon Bibliography : - Kenyon College: " Peregrination :Journal of Medieval Art & Architecture " Volume 7 Issue 3 234-239 Book Review : Medieval Art in Motion : The Inventory & Gift of giving of Queen Clemence de Hongrie, Diane Antille - Christian Bouyer, Dictionnaire des Reines de France, Paris, Librairie Académique Perrin, 1992, p 348 - Pierre-Yves Le Pogam & Sophie Jugie " La Sculpture Gothique " Hazan 2020 - Xavier Dectot " Pierres tombales Médiévales " sculptures of the beyond. Edition Rempart 2006 Expert : Francois de Lavaissière +33 (0)6 07 80 51 18 expert@lavaissiere.com
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