Henry de TRIQUETI (Conflans-sur-Loing, 1803 - Paris, 1874) Bust Portrait of Amélie Duboys Fresney White marble medallion bust, oval shape Signed and dated 'H. de Triqueti. 1856.' on the shoulder cup Annotated 'AMELIE / DUBOYS FRESNEY' to left In a natural oak moulded frame (Minor chips) Dimensions with frame: 87 x 65 cm Portrait of Amélie Duboys Fresney, white marble medallion, signed and dated, by H. de Triqueti 23.42 x 17.91 in. 59.5 x 45.5 cm Provenance: It has remained in the model's family up to the present day; Private collection from the West of France Bibliography: related: Henry de Triqueti: 1803-1874: le sculpteur des princes, cat. exhibition, Orléans, musée des beaux-arts, Montargis, musée Girodet, 3 October 2007-6 January 2008, Paris, Hazan, 2007 Inspired by the masters of the Renaissance, and more particularly by the small busts in the Gates of Paradise by Lorenzo Ghiberti (1378 - 1455) in Florence, in the 1850s Triqueti created a type of portrait known as the 'medallion bust'. Halfway between the bust in the round and the medallion, this type of portrait stands out in high relief on the concave surface of a large oval. Our elegant portrait can be compared to the medallion bust of the artist's daughter Blanche Triqueti, executed in 1852 (Private collection, fig. 1), or to the busts of Florence and Alice Campbell executed in 1856, a terracotta sketch of which is in the Musée Girodet in Montargis. Henry de TRIQUETI (Conflans-sur-Loing, 1803 - Paris, 1874) 59.5 x 45.5 cm Inspired by the masters of the Renaissance, and more particularly by the small busts in the Porte du Paradis by Lorenzo Ghiberti (1378 - 1455) in Florence, in the 1850s Triqueti created a type of portrait known as the 'medallion bust'. Halfway between the bust in the round and the medallion, this type of portrait stands out in high relief on the concave surface of a large oval. Our elegant portrait can be compared to the medallion bust of the artist's daughter Blanche Triqueti, executed in 1852 (Private collection, fig. 1), or to the busts of Florence and Alice Campbell executed in 1856, a terracotta sketch of which is in the Musée Girodet in Montargis.