Sold
This object is eligible for a Certificate of BADA Provenance
The BADA Standard
- Since 1918, BADA has been the leading association for the antiques and fine art trade
- Members are elected for their knowledge, integrity and quality of stock
- Our clients are protected by BADA’s code of conduct
- Our dealers’ membership is reviewed and renewed annually
- Bada.org is a non-profit site: clients deal directly with members and they pay no hidden fees
Italy | Circa 1800
A pair of carved marble portrait busts depicting Pauline Bonaparte and General Charles Leclerc in classical dress, each supported on a turned socle and presented on marble columns.
Pauline Bonaparte (1780 – 1825) was the first sovereign Duchess of Guastalla, an imperial French Princess. She was the sixth child of Letizia Ramolino and Carlo Buonaparte, Corsica’s representative to the Court of King Louis XVI of France. Her elder brother, Napoleon, was the first Emperor of the French. Pauline married Charles Leclerc (1772 -1802), a French general, in 1797.
Height of busts: 28” (71cm)
Height including columns: 64” (162.5cm
Height with additional wooden bases: 72” (183cm)
Stock number
15914The BADA Standard
- Since 1918, BADA has been the leading association for the antiques and fine art trade
- Members are elected for their knowledge, integrity and quality of stock
- Our clients are protected by BADA’s code of conduct
- Our dealers’ membership is reviewed and renewed annually
- Bada.org is a non-profit site: clients deal directly with members and they pay no hidden fees
