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拍品專文
A cabinet of the same design but lacking bronze bust, was sold at Christie's New York, Rockefeller Plaza, 25 October 2005, lot 411.
The bust of Napoleon (1769-1821) surmounting this impressive cabinet is after a model by the French sculptor Antoine-Denis Chaudet (1763-1810). Chaudet worked in a neo-classical style and the 'herm' form of this bust, with the shoulders cut off and straight sides, imitates that of Roman imperial portraits. He made the original plaster model for the portrait in 1799. The final marble version of 1804 was the preferred image of Napoleon himself, who had recently been created Emperor of the French, and it became the official portrait, widely-reproduced. In fact a biscuit (hard) porcelain versions in three sizes were made from 1805 at the Sèvres porcelain factory.
The bust of Napoleon (1769-1821) surmounting this impressive cabinet is after a model by the French sculptor Antoine-Denis Chaudet (1763-1810). Chaudet worked in a neo-classical style and the 'herm' form of this bust, with the shoulders cut off and straight sides, imitates that of Roman imperial portraits. He made the original plaster model for the portrait in 1799. The final marble version of 1804 was the preferred image of Napoleon himself, who had recently been created Emperor of the French, and it became the official portrait, widely-reproduced. In fact a biscuit (hard) porcelain versions in three sizes were made from 1805 at the Sèvres porcelain factory.