Lot n° 261
Estimation :
60 - 100
EUR
Result without fees
Result
: 130EUR
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Bisque group depicting Napoleon asleep... - Lot 261 - Vasari Auction
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Bisque group depicting Napoleon asleep in an armchair next to his son, the King of Rome, playing, titled on the terrace "Chut papa dort" ("Hush Daddy is sleeping"). It stands on a gilded metal base with four toupie feet, hemmed with laurel-leaf friezes.
Reverse recessed mark S and label.
Height : 21 cm - Length : 22 cm - Depth : 16 cm
Note: after a work by Janet Lange painter/lithographer
"Several post-Empire lithographs depict the King of Rome playing in the Emperor's cabinet, bowling, playing ball or, as here, with a small horse and a puppet. We know that the pampered child received countless toys from Napoleon and Marie-Louise."
Source : Musée d'Art et D'Histoire de Dreux
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