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ObjectPosthumous Bust of Napoleon III, 1873-1874, by Jean-Baptiste CarpeauxAfter the fall of the Empire in 1870, the Emperor Napoleon III, in exile in Chislehurst (UK) was in poor health. The sculptor Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875) was summoned in 1872 to create the first sketches for an imperial bust. In the end, Carpeaux arrived after…
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ObjectNapoleon wrapped in his dream
This posthumous portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte carved in marble must be one of the most curious works to come out of the studio of French sculptor Auguste Rodin. It was commissioned in 1904 by the American collector Kate Seney Simpson,The daughter of a Brooklyn banker and art collector, George I. Seney and wife of New […]
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ObjectBust of General Bonaparte
Effigies of Napoleon became more common after the successes of his first Italian campaign. The meeting between the sculptor Charles-Louis Corbet and the young general can be dated with certainty to sometime between 5 December, 1797 – the day Bonaparte returned to Paris – and 4 May, 1798 – the day he left for Egypt. This […]