The duchesse de Berry. Artist: After an original by Henri Joseph Ruxthiel (1775-1837). Culture: French, Paris. Dimensions: Overall, on bronze plinth: 27 1/2 × 15 1/8 × 9 1/2 in. (69.9 × 38.4 × 24.1 cm). Manufactory: Denuelle factory (French). Date: ca. 1820.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. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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