Title
Brongniart, Preliminary design of a porcelain table top for the table of the Great Captains of Antiquity
Caption
Alexandre Théodore Brongniart
French school
Initial design of the centre of a porcelain table top for the Great Captains of Antiquity.
Base foundation with gold effect, black chalk, pen and ink and watercolour (diameter 44 cm)
Alberto Ricci Photo
Info+
The centre of this design features the profile of Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.) wearing a helmet on a sculpted piece of stone with dark purple background wash.
This piece forms part of a commission of four porcelain pedestal tables for Napoleon.
Date
1809
Credit line
Photo12/Pierre-Jean Chalençon
Reference
CHC10A00_124
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
35,9Mb (2,8Mb) / 11,8in x 11,8in / 3538 x 3543 (300dpi)