Medallion with Portrait of Louis XVI
Manufacture nationale de Sèvres
1774–1792
- Medium
- Hard-paste unglazed (biscuit) porcelain
- Dimensions
- 1.3 × 6.4 × 6.4 cm (1/2 × 2 1/2 × 2 1/2 in.)
- Genre
- sculpture
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
porcelaineuropean decorative arts21st Centurysoft-paste porcelainceramicssculptureinorganic materialceramic
About
Like his grandfather, Louis XV, Louis XVI (r. 1774–92) maintained a great personal interest in Sèvres and financed it with government funds. Beginning with his accession to the throne in 1774, commemorative portrait medallions such as these were issued with regularity until the French Revolution.
