ITALIAN SCHOOL, AFTER CANOVA, MID-19TH CENTURY

As well as the full-size figure of Paris, commissioned by Josephine Beauharnais (now in the Hermitage, St Petersburg), Canova also modelled a bust of the Trojan prince and in 1811 gave a first marble version to Quatremère de Quincy for the Louvre. However, in his letter of thanks to Canova, Quatremère stated that it was doubtful that the bust would reach its intended destination, having fallen in love with it himself. A second bust was given by Canova to the French ambassador in Rome, Alquier. Other copies of the bust are in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen (purchased from the Talleyrand sale on 25 March, 1899), the National Gallery of Berlin and the Hermitage.