# Bust of Josephine

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BOSIO, François-Joseph](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bosio-franois-joseph-r05eb51cbfb6bca>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: Plaster, height 72 cm

## Commentary

This bust belongs the artist&#39;s best works because of the daintiness of the model, the elegance of the pose and the refinement of the coiffure. The gracious bust was made to look younger owing to the neoclassical demand for idealization.

## Related artworks

- [Aristaeus, God of the Gardens](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bosio-franois-joseph-r05eb51cbfb6bca/aristaeus-god-of-the-gardens-rd2822aaf7bcbc2>)
- [Hercules Fighting Achelous Transformed into a Serpent](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bosio-franois-joseph-r05eb51cbfb6bca/hercules-fighting-achelous-transformed-into-a-serpent-re6993e6c02354a>)
- [Louis XIV](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bosio-franois-joseph-r05eb51cbfb6bca/louis-xiv-rae6eb83035d058>)
- [Marie-Amélie, Queen of the French \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bosio-franois-joseph-r05eb51cbfb6bca/marie-amlie-queen-of-the-french-detail-rff7b6e94b2a1bc>)
- [Marie-Amélie, Queen of the French](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bosio-franois-joseph-r05eb51cbfb6bca/marie-amlie-queen-of-the-french-ra5eb8fd106d430>)
- [Queen Marie-Amélie](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bosio-franois-joseph-r05eb51cbfb6bca/queen-marie-amlie-r76489ef5773ca0>)
- [Young Indian Woman Wrapping a Shell-Fringed Band round her Leg](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bosio-franois-joseph-r05eb51cbfb6bca/young-indian-woman-wrapping-a-shell-fringed-band-round-her-leg-r39b55db82704d8>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)