Pauline Bonaparte Bronze

Pauline Bonaparte, Napoleon's younger sister, in the middle of the room holding an apple in her hand evoking the Venus victrix in the judgment 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 tranquility and noble simplicity