499933 Portrait of Napol矇one Elisa Baciocchi, Niece of Napoleon I, 1810-1812 (marble) by Bartolini, Lorenzo (1777-1850); h:113.00 w:39.10 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: To extend power across the continent, Napoleon arranged for his sisters to marry into the courts of Europe. The sitter is his niece, daughter of the Grand-Duke of Tuscany (the bee on her cup is a Napoleonic emblem). While the girl??? nakedness might startle us today, in the early 1800s depicting children nude emphasized their purity and innocence. The work takes its cues from ancient sculpture, and while the pet dog adds a note of tenderness, it also refers to Diana, goddess of the moon and hunt. inscribed in Greek on dog\'s collar: ARTEMIS (letters originally filled with red pigment) ); The Thomas L. Fawick Memorial Collection; Italian, out of copyright.