LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH BRONZE MODEL OF THE ARC DE TRIOMPHE
LATE 19TH CENTURY
The hinge top enclosing a purple velvet lined interior on an oval black marble base
5in. (13cm.) high

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Lot Essay

Using the blueprints of the architect Jean-Francois-Therese Chalgrin (1739-1811), Napoleon had this triumphal arch built in order to commemorate his armies and to close the perspective at the end of the Tuileries Garden. It is based on the Arch of Titus in Rome, built in 81 AD. Although the cornerstone was laid in 1806, building was interrupted at the fall of the Empire and was completed in 1836 under the reign of Louis-Philippe.

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