English and European Ceramics and Glass - 07 May 2014
A Sèvres biscuit porcelain bust c.1868
A Sèvres biscuit porcelain bust c.1868, of Cardinal de Borromeo, his head slightly turnmed to the right, raised on a blue glazed socle, impressed and printed marks, 30cm.
Carlo Borromeo was descended from the House of Medici and was a leading figure during the Counter-Reformation.