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260 - Reliquary frame by Joseph Bouvier (1746–1839), personal phys…
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Estimate €300 - €500
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Reliquary frame by Joseph Bouvier (1746–1839), personal physician to Laetitia Bonaparte, known as Madame Mère, comprising a black silhouette of her right-facing profile, a fragment of her Legion of Honour eagle ribbon, accompanied by a handwritten explanatory note on paper: ‘ A precious memento of my uncle, Joseph Bouvier, Doctor of Medicine, who died in Paris on 27 November 1839 aged 79. Physician to the Garde-Meuble and to Madame Mère of Emperor Napoleon, Knight of the Legion of Honour”. Of major historical interest. Joseph Bouvier was therefore the personal physician to Letizia Bonaparte (Madame Mère), mother of Napoleon Bonaparte, as well as a physician attached to the Garde-Meuble de la Couronne. Presented in a rectangular gilded wooden frame. H. 25.7 x 9.2 cm (frame). History Born in Dôle, Marie-André-Joseph Bouvier came under the patronage of Buffon and was attached to the epidemic control service at the Palace of Versailles. Having retired to Verneuil-sur-Oise during the Revolution, he returned to Paris under the Consulate and was appointed personal physician to Madame Mère and physician attached to the Garde-Meuble de la Couronne. He was appointed a Knight of the Legion of Honour on 26 March 1804. He continued his career under the Bourbons as a consultant physician at the Maison de Saint-Denis.
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About the sale CLASSICAL ART, Asian collection, antique paintings & works of art
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Auction time 11/04/2026 at 2:00 PM
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