Paolina Borghese

Prodotto dipinto a mano con finissimi dettagli Bronzo e Oro Ricco.

Paolina Bonaparte, nata ad Ajaccio nel 1780, sorella di Napoleone I e sposa in seconde nozze del principe romano Camillo Borghese, con il quale si era unita nel 1803. Fu proprio per celebrare il matrimonio con Paolina che Camillo Borghese commissionò l’opera a Canova nel 1804: quando la donna iniziò a posare per lo scultore aveva venticinque anni ed era all’apice del proprio splendore sociale.

Hand painted product with very fine Bronze and Rich Gold details.

Paolina Bonaparte, born in Ajaccio in 1780, sister of Napoleon I and second marriage to the Roman prince Camillo Borghese, with whom she had joined in 1803. It was precisely to celebrate the marriage with Paolina that Camillo Borghese commissioned the work from Canova in 1804: when the woman began to pose for the sculptor she was twenty-five and was at the height of her social splendor.