
Daria Khristova nee Chernenko
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Private American collection
First created in 1807 by Louis Simon Boizot, the sculptor responsible for this particular model was probably Alexander Brachard, who was paid in march 1808 for producing a bust of Alexander. During the signing of Tilzit Treaty on July 7th 1807 lavish gifts were exchanged between French and Russian Emperors. The Sèvres factory records list Boizot as providing a design of a bust of Alexander I to be produced in porcelain after a miniature bust of the emperor in marble.
For identical examples previously sold see: Sotheby's, 17 April 2012, lot 129, and Christie's, 20 October 2006, lot 728.