Bust of Alexandre Brongniart

This keen-eyed mischievous-looking boy is Alexandre Brongniart, son of the architect Alexandre Th�odore Brongniart (1739-1813). It seems fitting that the popularity of this bust, existing also in terracotta and bronze, should have extended to its manufacture in S�vres porcelain, since the adult Alexandre was to become director of the S�vres factory.