Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1892 — Highly Prized Statue. [ARTICLE]

Highly Prized Statue.

A curious and hitherto scarcely known st&tiie’of the great Napoleon has been acquired by the French Government. It is by Rude, and is a plaster model representing the Emperor lying, at full length, dead, the head crowned with a laurel wreath and half enveloped, tn the shroud which covers the body. The bronze tasting of this important work is set up in the grounds of a family dwelling near Dijon, descendants of one of Napoleon’s officers, who himself ordered it of the great sculptor. Rude was in the habit of destroying his models after they had been executed in their final shape, hence this exceptionally preserved model is regarded with a special interest.