Lot 222
222
A WHITE MARBLE BUST OF THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON WITH PEDESTAL, the bust after Chaudet, shown looking forward, with well-defined face and hair, on a stepped circular socle; the pedestal of circular form with a stepped foot (a filled line across the neck and shoulders, the pedestal with chips to foot), 19th Century

Details
A WHITE MARBLE BUST OF THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON WITH PEDESTAL, the bust after Chaudet, shown looking forward, with well-defined face and hair, on a stepped circular socle; the pedestal of circular form with a stepped foot (a filled line across the neck and shoulders, the pedestal with chips to foot), 19th Century
the bust: 23½in. (59.5cm.) high
the pedestal: 43in. (109.5cm) high; 9½in. (24cm.) diameter
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
G.Hubert, La Sculpture dans L'Italie Napoléonienne, Paris, 1964, pp. 343-346.

Lot Essay

From 1807 onwards, busts of Napoleon after the celebrated models by Canova (d.1822) and Chaudet (d.1810) were produced in Carrara and sold in Elisa's shop in Paris at 9 Boulevard des Italiens. Chaudet's bust was regarded as a better likeness than Canova's and was much in demand.

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