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Workshop of Jean-Antoine Houdon 1741 - 1828

Napoleon I, in the uniform of Colonel of the Chasseurs of the Imperial Guard

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 EUR

Lot Details

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Description

Paris, early 19th century


plaster bust, imitating terracotta; on a square vert de mer marble base

with remnants of the Houdon workshop red wax seal at the back, inscribed HOUDON / MEMBRE / DE / L'INSTI[...]

68cm., 26¾in. overall height

Napoléon: An Intimate Portrait, 2005, p. 24.

Napoléon: An Intimate Portrait, exh. cat. travelling exhibition, United States of America, 2005.