Lorenzo Bartolini Vernio, 1777 - Florence, 1850
Lorenzo Bartolini Vernio, 1777 - Florence, 1850 Elisa Bonaparte Baciocchi Levoy, Princesse Française, Princess of Piombino and Lucca, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, Countess of Compignano, Sister of Napoleon (1777 –1820) and Felix Pasquale Baciocchi Levoy, Prince of Piombino and Lucca (1762 –1841) Circa 1809 White marble, Elisa presented on a later turned marble socle; Felix inscribed along the chest ‘FELIX’, an old repair to the tip of Felix’s nose Elisa: 57 cm. high, 75 cm. high, overall Felix: 51.5 cm. high Provenance: By family tradition, Elisa Bonaparte, at her country house, the Villa Ciardi a Villa Vicentina, where also photographed between 1913 and 1919.1 On her death, Joseph Bonaparte (1768–1844), brother of Elisa, who, as the first-born son of their parents, had inherited much of the personal property in Villa Ciardi belonging to his sister Elisa, the fifth- born child, when she died in 1820. On his death, his daughter Zenaide Letizia Bonaparte (1801–54), who married her cousin Charles Lucien Bonaparte (1803–57), the son of Lucien Bonaparte (1775–1840), Napoleon's third-born brother. On her death, Julia Charlotte Bonaparte (1830–1900), daughter of Charles Lucien Bonaparte and Zenaide Letizia Bonaparte, who married Alessandro del Gallo, Marchese di Roccagiovine, Cantalupo e Bardella (1826–92) in 1847. On her death Marchese Alberto del Gallo di Roccagiovine (1854–1947) where documented in the State Archives as being in Villa Ciardi in 1913-1919 and erroneously attributed to Antonio Canova. On his death Marchesa Matilde del Gallo di Roccagiovine (1888-1977), who married Francesco Bucci Casari, Conte degli Atti di Sassoferrato.
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