{"product_id":"bustes-imperiaux-faience-exposition-1865-photographie","title":"IMPERIAL BUSTS","description":"\u003cp\u003eExhibition of the \u003cspan\u003eUnion Centrale des beaux-arts appliqués à l'Industrie - 1865\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePolychrome enamelled earthenware\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot localized\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cem\u003e© \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eBibliothèque du musée des arts décoratifs de Paris, Album Maciet: 309bis\/3bis [Expositions UCAD. 1865-1884], [Exposition de l'Union Centrale. 1865. France. XIXe siècle].\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e_\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eRare photograph of Auguste Jean's stand at the \u003cstrong\u003eExposition de l’Union Centrale des Beaux-Arts Appliqués à l’Industrie in 1865\u003c\/strong\u003e, notably showing \u003cstrong\u003etwo large busts\u003c\/strong\u003e in enamelled earthenware. According to the exhibition catalogue, archives, and contemporary press, these are portraits of \u003cstrong\u003eEmperor Napoleon III\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eEmpress Eugénie\u003c\/strong\u003e, mentioned as \"Two busts in medallioned earthenware of Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress.\"\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow unlocated, these two busts are only known through this photograph and contemporary sources that attest to their presentation. They bear witness to Auguste Jean's production of large-format pieces in the mid-1860s and his interest in official portraits in enamelled earthenware during the Second Empire. The name of the sculptor also remains unknown to this day. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Auguste Jean","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54597911740757,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1048\/5255\/4069\/files\/auguste-jean-exposition-ucad-1865-stand-faience-2.png?v=1786443432","url":"https:\/\/augustejean.com\/en\/products\/bustes-imperiaux-faience-exposition-1865-photographie","provider":"Auguste Jean","version":"1.0","type":"link"}