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Miniature Portrait on Porcelain Mme. Sans Gêne #843177

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Miniature Portrait on Porcelain Mme. Sans Gêne #843177
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"><tr><td><em> Madame Lefebvre</em></td></tr><tr> <td width="100%"> Miniature portrait on porcelain of Duchess Lefèbvre, née Catherine Hübscher. The French playwright Victorien Sardou immortalized her in a play and gave her the nickname "Madame Sans-Gêne" or Madame Without Worries.<p>The wife of François Joseph Lefèbvre (1755-1820), Madame Lefèbvre was a colorful character of Napoleonic times. Her husband had a brilliant military career--among many other distinctions he was Maréchal de France, President of the Senate, Duc de Dantzig and his name is on the Arch of Triumph. <p>The miniature comes in a bronze frame with a dark green passe-partout and a black velvet backing. It has a brass ring on the back for hanging on the wall. <p>Measurements: Frame: 4 1/8" by 3 5/8"; Image: 3" by 2 3/8". </td></tr><tr> <td> </td></tr><tr> <td>Reference #: 016</td></tr><tr><td>Condition:Very Good</td></tr><tr><td>Year:c. late 1800s/early 1900's</td></tr><tr><td>Country:France</td></tr><tr><td>Maker:Unknown</td></tr><tr><td>Height:3</td></tr><tr><td>Width:2.38</td></tr><tr><td>Title:Miniature Portrait on Porcelain Mme. Sans Gêne</td></tr><tr><td>Materials:Porcelain</td></tr><tr><td>Type:Miniature Portrait</td></tr><tr><td>Location:Santiago, Chile</td></tr></table>