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| Figure NAM-can-026. Laureate bust of the Emperor Napoleon (r. 1804-1814, 1815) wearing scaly shoulder-aegis with snakes-fringe and winged gorgoneion (the severed head of Gorgon Medusa) supported by the majestic imperial eagle with the wide spread wings. |
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| Marble | Sculpture (The Apotheosis of Napoleon, carved statue, one of five copies, detail) |
Workshop of Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844) |
Danish/Italian Neoclassicism, 1830 |
Rome (?), Italy |
Musée des Beaux Arts de Montréal, Montreal, Inventory № 2008.415 |
| Source-Image(s): The image(s) is/are from Alexei Alexeev's personal photo archive (The First* Canadian Expedition, 6-8 September 2015, 20-21 May 2017, 1-3 September 2017, 23-24 September 2018). All artefacts will be available for viewing in the Compendium's respective volumes after the completion of the fully integrated iconographic database. Some of the artefacts will be represented by several figures (offering a general view and details). |
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