Bidspirit auction | Antique French Plaster Portrait Medallion

Antique French Plaster Portrait Medallion of Madame Armande Dieude Defly, 1863 by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux - Antique Plaster Portrait Medallion of Madame Armande Dieude Defly, created in 1863 by French sculptor Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux.  Artist: Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875). Subject: Madame Defly (1785-1875), who served as a reader to Princess Mathilde Bonaparte. Material: Plaster Context: Through Madame Defly, Carpeaux secured entree to the imperial court of Napoleon III. Measuring 7.5 inches diameter.