Exquisite 19th-Century Sèvres Biscuit Porcelain Medallion of Princess Adélaïde d’OrléansA magnificent and historically significant 19th-century Sèvres biscuit porcelain portrait medallion depicting Eugénie-Adélaïde-Louise d’Orléans (1777–1847), Princess of Orléans, finely modeled in white relief against a pale blue ground and inscribed “E. ADELAIDE PRINCESSE D’ORLEANS”, with the date 1777 below.Of particular significance, a closely related portrait medallion of Princess Adélaïde by Jean-Jacques Barre (1793–1855) is preserved in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. The Rijksmuseum example, dated 1832, presents the Princess in the same distinctive profile and provides important museum context for the portrait represented here. Please see the reference images included with this listing.Princess Adélaïde d’OrléansAdélaïde d’Orléans was the sister and close confidante of Louis-Philippe I, King of the French, and an important figure within the House of Orléans. After years of exile following the French Revolution, she became one of her brother’s most trusted companions and remained closely associated with him throughout his reign during the July Monarchy.Her portrait belongs to the distinguished group of royal portrait medallions associated with Jean-Jacques Barre, one of the foremost French medallists of the 19th century. Barre produced portraits of members of Louis-Philippe’s family which became the basis for royal portrait medallions executed in Sèvres biscuit porcelain.Museum & Historical SignificanceThe importance of this royal portrait series is well documented in French museum collections. The Musée Condé at the Château de Chantilly preserves an exceptional group of fourteen Sèvres biscuit porcelain medallions of the Orléans royal family, based upon portraits by Jean-Jacques Barre.The connection with Princess Adélaïde herself is particularly fascinating: the 1839 publication of the royal portrait series, La Famille Royale. D’après les médaillons de J. J. Barre, was dedicated to Madame Adélaïde, Princess d’Orléans. Original models connected with the series are also preserved in the archives of the Manufacture de Sèvres.Together with the closely related 1832 portrait medallion of Adélaïde in the Rijksmuseum, these museum and historical references provide important context for the artistic and royal significance of the present example.For reference, photographs of the Rijksmuseum example and relevant museum comparisons are included among the listing images.Please examine all photographs carefully for condition and details.
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