Napoléon Bonaparte as First Consul

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.1050
People: Unidentified Artist
Previously attributed to Antonio Canova, Italian (Possagno, Italy 1757 - 1822 Venice, Italy)
Title: Napoléon Bonaparte as First Consul
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Bust of Napoleon as First Consul
Classification: Sculpture
Work Type: bust, sculpture
Date: 18th-19th century
Culture: Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/230071

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Marble

Dimensions

66 x 42 x 28 cm (26 x 16 9/16 x 11 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

label: removed from proper right side of base, paper, printed: [coat of arms. see photocopy in curatorial file.]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.1050

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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Publication History

H. Wade White, "A Significant Addition to the Museum's Napoleonic Collection", Fogg Art Museum Newsletter, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1964), vol. II, no. 1, unpaginated

Verification Level

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