Lorenzo Bartolini

1777 - 1850

Elisa Bonaparte Baciocchi Levoy

c.1809

Marble

57 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.

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 fifthborn 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.

On her death, her son Oliviero Bucci Casari, Conte degli Atti di Sassoferrato.

On his death, his daughter, Nobildonna Lorenza Bucci Casari, Contessa degli Atti di Sassoferrat; from whom acquired in 2017.

Lorenzo Bartolini’s marble bust of Maria Anna Bonaparte Baciocchi Levoy, better known as Elisa, is part of the lasting vestiges of a nearly forgotten dominion of the French Republic that lasted from 1804-1814.

Napoleon Bonaparte’s only sister with political power, Elisa was granted French lands on the western side of the Italian peninsula in 1805, as well as the Grand Duchy of Tuscany in 1809. As the Princess of Lucca and Piombino and Grand Duchess of Tuscany, she was one of the most influential women in Europe during the first quarter of the 19th century.