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    Museum collections / Art Institute of Chicago
    Death Mask of Napoleon
    Dr. C. Francesco Antommarchi. Death Mask of Napoleon, Modeled 1821, cast 1833. The Art Institute of Chicago. Public domain (CC0).
    AT-00001874

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    Death Mask of Napoleon

    by Dr. C. Francesco Antommarchi

    Inscriptions

    Inscribed: Dr. F. Antommarch engraved (left neck truncation); FONDU / PAR RICHARD ET QUESNEL / A PARIS engraved (right neck truncation); SOUSCRIPTION / DR. ANTOMMARCHI 1833 (under neck truncation); Cast: seal showing profile of Napoleon crowned with laurel wreath, NAPOLEON EMP. ET ROI. (inscribed around welded under neck truncation)

    Provenance

    E. (Edward) Blake Blair, Jr. (died 1985), Chicago, before 1985; consigned to Leslie Hindman Auctioneers (withdrawn), 1986; purchased by the Art Institute, 1987.

    Publications

    International College of Surgeons, Hall of Fame: A Museum of the History of Surgery and Related Sciences (Chicago, 1964), p. 15. Robert Kashey and Martin L. H. Reymert, Western Bronzes of the Nineteenth Century: A Survey, ex. cat. (New York: Shepherd Gallery, 1973), no. 12. James David Draper, The Arts under Napoleon, ex. cat. (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1978), no. 197. Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Old Master, 19th and 20th Century Paintings, Drawings, and Prints, English, American, and Continental Furniture and Decorations, Oriental Works of Art, Porcelain, Silver, Jewelry, and Rugs, sale cat. (May 11-14, 1986), lot 69. “Napoleon’s Death Mask,” Member’s Bulletin: The Napoleonic Society of America 15 (June 1987), p. 16 (ill.). Christie’s, Fine French and Continental Furniture, Objects of Art, Clocks, Carpets, Tapestries and Sculpture, sale cat. (November 24, 1987), p. 236, lot 265.

    Quick Overview

    Artist
    Dr. C. Francesco Antommarchi (Italian, 1780–1838) / Cast by Louis Richard and E. Quesnel, Paris (French, 1821–1836)
    Date
    Modeled 1821, cast 1833
    Medium
    Bronze
    Dimensions
    34.9 × 35.6 × 15.2 cm (13 3/4 × 14 × 6 in.)
    Type
    Sculpture
    Classification
    bust/head
    Style
    nineteenth century
    Place
    Paris
    Department
    Painting and Sculpture of Europe
    Credit line
    Estate of E. Blake Blair
    Accession no.
    1987.185

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