Lot Essay
The bust is related to a portrait by Charles Louis Corbet (1758-1808), of which a prime version is in the Muse des Beau Arts, Lille (1799).
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EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Details
A bronze bust of Napoleon
Early 19th century
Shown as the First Consul, on a waisted circular socle
27in. (68.5cm.) high overall
Early 19th century
Shown as the First Consul, on a waisted circular socle
27in. (68.5cm.) high overall
Provenance
21 Park Lane, London.
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Sale room notice
Please note that at least two other versions of this bust are known, a terracotta in the Musee Municipal, Malines, and a tinted plaster example in a private collection in France. The Malines version has recently been given a tentative attribution to the Malinois sculptor Jan Frans van Geel (1756-1830). For further details concerning the model and attribution, please refer to G. Hubert and G. Ledoux-Lebard, Napoleon - portraits contemporains, bustes et statues, Paris, 1999, pp. 73-76, figs. 49 and 51.