PAULINE BONAPARTE BORGHESE, RARE,MUSEUM QUALITY,19TH C ORIGINAL BY ANTONIO CANOVA, BETWEEN 1805 - 1808 Start Price USD 7,965.00 Current Price USD 7,965.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Friday, September 05, 2008 End Time Monday, September 15, 2008 Location Locust Valley, NY See more about 'PAULINE BONAPARTE BORGHESE, RARE,MUSEUM QUALITY,19TH C' Description     NAPOLEON'S PAULINE   THIRD QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY   PAULINE BONAPARTE, NAPOLEON'S YOUNGER SISTER, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROOM HOLDING AN APPLE IN HER HAND EVOKING THE VENUS VICTRIX IN THE JUDGEMENT OF PARIS, WHO WAS CHOSEN TO SETTLE A DISPUTE BETWEEN JUNO (POWER), MINERVA (ARTS & SCIENCE) AND VENUS (LOVE) THIS IS AN ANTIQUE REPRODUCTION MADE OF ORMOLU, WITH THE ORIGINAL FINISH, IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY   ANTONIO CANOVA SCULPTURED THE ORIGINAL IN MARBLE IN A HIGHLY REFINED POSE IS CONSIDERED A SUPREME EXAMPLE OF THE NEO-CLASSICAL STYLE.  HE EXECUTED THIS PORTRAIT BETWEEN 1805-1808 WITHOUT THE CUSTOMARY DRAPERY OF A PERSON OF HIGH RANK, AN EXCEPTION AT THE TIME, THUS TRANSFORMING THIS HISTORICAL FIGURE INTO A GODDESS OF ANTIQUITY IN A POSE OF CLASSICAL TRANQUILLITY AND NOBLE SEMPLICITY.     SIZE: 14"H X 22 1/2"W X 7.5D CONDITON: VERY GOOD ORIGINAL CONDITION       We ship World-Wide     Buyer pays actual shippping & insurance   Place a Bid!