AFTER JOSEPH CHINARD, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH MARBLE BUST OF MADAM RÉCAMIER
AFTER JOSEPH CHINARD, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Modelled holding a shawl over her chest, on a waisted socle and square base
25½in. (64.7cm.) high

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Lot Essay

Joseph Chinard (1755-1813) was born in Lyon, the son of a silk-merchant. He executed his bust of Juliette Recamier, one of the most fashionable and beautiful women in Napoleonic France, between 1802-05. The original is in the Musee des Beaux-Arts, Lyon.

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