Emperor Napoleon I, Emperor of France (1769–1821)
studio of Antoine-Denis Chaudet (Paris 1763 - Paris 1810)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
c. 1807 - c. 1809
Materials
Marble
Measurements
585 mm (H)328 mm (W)295 mm (D)
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Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 1401964
Summary
Marble, Emperor Napoleon I, Emperor of France (1769–1821), workshop of Antonie-Denis Chaudet (Paris 1763 – Paris 1810), c. 1807-1809. A herm bust of Napoleon I by the workshop of Antonie-Denis Chaudet, one of many versions of an original marble portrait by Chaudet completed in 1804 (the plaster model 1799). This was Napoleon's preferred official image and was widely reproduced in various media. See acc.no. A.17-1948, Victoria & Albert Museum, London; acc.no. M.1-1866, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Provenance
Part of the Windham Collection. The hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 1969 by Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer (1906-1969)
Makers and roles
studio of Antoine-Denis Chaudet (Paris 1763 - Paris 1810), sculptor previously catalogued as attributed to Antonio Canova (Possagno 1757 - Venice 1822), sculptor