Napoleon
19th century
Medium
White marble
Dimensions
Overall: 12 × 7 3/4 × 6 1/2 in. (30.5 × 19.7 × 16.5 cm); Height (base): 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm); Diameter (base): 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm)
Classification
Sculpture
Culture
Italian
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of John Davis Hatch Jr., 1955
Accession Number
55.199a, b
Tags
About the Artist
Antoine Denis Chaudet · 1763–1810
Antoine-Denis Chaudet (1763–1810) was a prominent French neoclassical sculptor whose career bridged the late Ancien Régime and the Napoleonic era. Born in Paris on March 3, 1763, he received his initial training under Jean-Baptiste Stouf and Étienne Gois père at the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture. In 1784, his bas-relief *Joseph Sold into Slavery by His Brothers* earned him the prestigiou...