A CARVED MARBLE PORTRAIT BUST OF NAPOLEON,
A CARVED MARBLE PORTRAIT BUST OF NAPOLEON,

AFTER CHAUDET, FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY,

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A CARVED MARBLE PORTRAIT BUST OF NAPOLEON,
AFTER CHAUDET, FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY,
the base inscribed 'NAPOLEON'
20in. (51cm.) high
Provenance
The Robert Florey Collection, Sotheby Parke Bernet, Monaco, 6 October 1980, lot 852.

Lot Essay

The present bust of Napoleon is of the type traditionally associated with Antoine-Denis Chaudet, who, after Canova, was among the most important sculptors of the Napoleonic period (Hubert, op. cit., fig. 164, for a related example).

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