Bust of Francis III of Lorraine (1708-65)
Factory:
Imperial Porcelain Factory
Modeller:
Niedermayer, Joseph
(Probably)
Glazed hard-paste porcelain bust of Francis III of Lorraine wearing a laurel wreath, a neo-Roman breastplate, and a drape
Glazed hard-paste porcelain.. The bust is attached to a circular socle. The sitter faces front, his head turned a quarter to his left. His hair falls down his back in curls with one tress over his right shoulder. He wears a laurel wreath, a neo-Roman scaled breastplate with a mask on the front, and a drape over his left shoulder which passes across his body and under the right arm.
History note: H.E. Backer, 1 Elm Tree Road, St John's Wood, London NW8 from whom purchased for £18 by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Height: 18.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1946-04) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
18th Century, third quarter#
Circa
1755
CE
-
1760
CE
Francis III of Lorraine (1708-65) married the Empress Maria Theresa in 1736, but did not acquire the title of Emperor Francis I until 1745. The bust was probably modelled by Joseph Niedermayer (chief modeller 1747-his death in 1784). The bust shows the Emperor looking much younger than he was when it was made.
clear
Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain
Moulding
: Hard-paste porcelain, moulded, and glazed; the mould lines on the socle are visible on right and left
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: EC.4-1946
Primary reference Number: 93986
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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