A late 19th / early 20th century bronze model of the Austerlitz column together with an early 20th century relief plaquette depicting Napoleon crossing the Alps at St Bernard's Pass
the column surmounted by a figure of Napoleon, raised on a black slate rectangular base, (28cm high), the plaquette after the painting by Jacques-Louis David (French, 1748-1825), inscribed NAPOLEON I, (25cm high x 19.5cm high) (2)
Sold for
£144
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Initially commissioned to commemorate Napoleon's victory at the Battle of Austerlitz in 1805, the Vendôme Column was a symbolic focal point for French political sentiment. The Column as it has been reproduced in this model is from 1831-71 when a figure of Napoleon in military attire as the "Little Corporal" surmounted it, under the instruction of Louis Philippe to replace the fleur-de-lys of Louis XVIII.
Category: Decorative Arts / European Sculpture and Works of Art
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