Lot 5
5
AN EMPIRE ORMOLU BUST OF NAPOLEON
AN EMPIRE ORMOLU BUST OF NAPOLEON

ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE-PHILIPPE THOMIRE

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AN EMPIRE ORMOLU BUST OF NAPOLEON
Attributed to Pierre-Philippe Thomire
With windswept hair, on a square spreading patinated bronze base mounted with 'N' within a laurel wreath, the sides with eagles, on a square plinth
15½ in. (39½ cm.) high

Lot Essay

An identical portrait bust was supplied by the celebrated bronzier Pierre-Philippe Thomire (1751-1843) to the Palazzo Pitti in Florence, which is illustrated in H. Ottomeyer, P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Vol. I, Munich, 1986, p. 346, fig. 5.5.16.

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