Laureate head of Napoleon I of France
Pietro Pestrini|Clemente Pestrini
ca. 1810 · Sardonyx and gold · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Much like their ancient prototypes, the rival emperors are wreathed in laurel. The pinkest blush in Alexander’s onyx (40.20.25) hints at corporeality, while the drab ocher sardonyx of Napoleon, by contrast, suggests a rather joyless military man.
- Artist
- Pietro Pestrini|Clemente Pestrini
- Date
- ca. 1810
- Medium
- Sardonyx and gold
- Culture
- Italian, Rome
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- The Milton Weil Collection, 1940
