拍品 85
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AN ITALIAN SCULPTED WHITE MARBLE BUST OF NAPOLEON AS EMPEROR, second half 19th century

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AN ITALIAN SCULPTED WHITE MARBLE BUST OF NAPOLEON AS EMPEROR, second half 19th century

Shown crowned with a laurel wreath, with indistinct signature to the reverse
20in. (51cm.) high

拍品專文

This bust is based on Antonio Canova's sculpture of Napoleon as Premier Consul (1802-3). The laurel crown is a later addition. See Fred Licht CANOVA, Abbeville Press, New York 1983, pp.99-101. A similar bust was sold these rooms, 27 April 1994, lot 288.