FRENCH SCHOOL, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
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A bronze group of Napoleon at the Arcole bridge
French School, Second half 19th Century
The young Bonaparte stepping ahead on the precarious bridge, holding the Republican flag in his left hand and looking backwards to exhort the rest of his troops to follow him, surrounded by five of his soldiers, on a naturalistic base cast as the river, on a grey granite rectangular plinth
21¼ in. (54 cm.) wide; 22¼ in. (56.5 cm.) high; 10¼ in. (26 cm.) deep
French School, Second half 19th Century
The young Bonaparte stepping ahead on the precarious bridge, holding the Republican flag in his left hand and looking backwards to exhort the rest of his troops to follow him, surrounded by five of his soldiers, on a naturalistic base cast as the river, on a grey granite rectangular plinth
21¼ in. (54 cm.) wide; 22¼ in. (56.5 cm.) high; 10¼ in. (26 cm.) deep
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This model is attributed to Jean-Jacques Feuchère after Horace Vernet