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Thursday, 5 December 2024

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Antonio Canova, 1757 Possagno – 1822 Venedig, nach

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Antonio Canova,
1757 Possagno – 1822 Venedig, nach

PAULINE BONAPARTE ALS VENUS VICTRIXHöhe: 95 cm.
Breite: 116 cm.
Tiefe: 43 cm.

Catalogue price € 30.000 - 40.000 Catalogue price € 30.000 - 40.000  $ 31,500 - 42,000
£ 24,000 - 32,000
元 229,200 - 305,600
₽ 3,307,800 - 4,410,400

 

In Carraramarmor gearbeitet auf einer Basis in Rosso Levanto. Auf einem antikisierenden Ruhebett die darauf ruhenden Lieblingsschwester Napoleons, Pauline Bonaparte (1780-1825) darstellend. Sie heiratete 1803 Camillo Borghese und saß Modell für Canovas Skulptur, die sich heute in der Villa Borghese in Rom befindet. (1421394) (13)



Antonio Canova,
1757 Possagno – 1822 Venice, after

PAULINE BONAPARTE AS VENUS VICTIX

Height: 95 cm.
Width: 116 cm.
Depth: 43 cm.

Made of Carrara marble on a base in Rosso Levanto. Sculpture of Napoleon’s favourite sister, Pauline Bonaparte (1780 – 1825), resting on an antique-style daybed. She married Camillo Borghese in 1803 and sat as a model for Canova’s sculpture, which is now held at the Villa Borghese in Rome.

This object has been individually compared to the information in the Art Loss Register data bank and is not registered there as stolen or missing.

 

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