Lot 32
  • 32

A Continental white marble figure of Paolina Borghese circa 1900, after Antonio Canova

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • lenght: 41 1/2 in.
  • 105.5 cm
on a cream and parcel-gilt wooden day bed.

Catalogue Note

Prince Camillo Borghese commissioned the sculpture of his new wife, Paolina Bonaparte, sister of Napoleon I, from virtuoso sculptor Antonio Canova.  The original was executed between 1804 and 1808.