We've seen it all (and more) before. But this nude picture of Carla Bruni is still expected to fetch a high price when it goes up for auction in Berlin next week.
Only ten numbered copies exist of the image of the French First Lady taken by U.S. photographer Pamela Hanson, and this one is being sold with a reserve price of around £3,000.
A naked photo of French First Lady Carla Bruni, taken in 1994 when she was 26, will go under the hammer at an auction in Berlin next week
This nude photo of Bruni, taken in 1993, fetched £60,000 at auction a year ago
It was shot in 1994, at the height of Miss Bruni's modelling fame when she was 26 and dating rock legend Mick Jagger.The intimate bare-breasted image of the 41-year-old French president's wife is 16ft by 24ft and is entitled Carla Bruni In Bed.
It's release comes as pictures emerged of the former model frolicking around in a bikini with husband Nicolas Sarkozy in the South of France.
The pair enjoyed a weekend of relaxation at their Cap Négre home and were seen having a dip in the sea together and soaking up the sun.
Though risque, the latest nude picture of Miss Bruni is far less revealing than the full-frontal photo of her which fetched £60,000 a year ago.
A nude sketch of the First Lady is also being sold in Paris next month as part of an exhibition of glamour girls called 'Pin-Up'.
President Nicolas Sarkozy is said to have 'no issue' with tastefully revealing images of his wife being made public.
A source at the Elysee Palace told France's Le Post news website: 'He has made it clear he has no problem with this because he knows that the only images of his wife in existence are tasteful.
'Some may be nude, but she is a beautiful woman who was a model and only ever posed for pictures that had artistic merit.'
The photo will be sold at the Villa Grisebach Auction in Berlin on June 4 as part of a sale of Modern and Contemporary Photographs.
Having a paddle: The former model enjoyed a paddle in the sea near her Cap Négre home in the South of France with her French President husband Nicolas Sarkozy at the weekend
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