Marble bust "Marie-Antoinette Queen of France", after FELIX LECOMTE (1737-1817). Marble bust on a marble pedestal of Marie-Antoinette of Lorraine and Austria, Queen of France (1755-1793). Wearing a profile of King Louis XVI around the neck. The original of this bust, executed in 1783 and presented today in the Queen's room at Versailles, takes up the image of the Queen popularized by Boizot. It was judged at the time to be extremely similar to the Queen's physiognomy. Work of the XIXth Century. Total height 67 cm. Base 16 cm.
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Marble bust "Marie-Antoinette Queen of France", after FELIX LECOMTE (1737-1817). Marble bust on a marble pedestal of Marie-Antoinette of Lorraine and Austria, Queen of France (1755-1793). Wearing a profile of King Louis XVI around the neck. The original of this bust, executed in 1783 and presented today in the Queen's room at Versailles, takes up the image of the Queen popularized by Boizot. It was judged at the time to be extremely similar to the Queen's physiognomy. Work of the XIXth Century. Total height 67 cm. Base 16 cm.

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Marble bust "Marie-Antoinette Queen of France", after FELIX LECOMTE (1737-1817). Marble bust on a marble pedestal of Marie-Antoinette of Lorraine and Austria, Queen of France (1755-1793). Wearing a profile of King Louis XVI around the neck. The original of this bust, executed in 1783 and presented today in the Queen's room at Versailles, takes up the image of the Queen popularized by Boizot. It was judged at the time to be extremely similar to the Queen's physiognomy. Work of the XIXth Century. Total height 67 cm. Base 16 cm.
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