Artist(s):

unknown maker

after Appiani, Andrea (1754-1817)

Composed Title English:

General Bonaparte.

Inscribed Title:

GENERAL BUONAPARTE.

Description:

Bust profile of a young Napoleon with long hair tied with a small bow, based on Appiani's 1796 Milan portrait. This is reminiscent of the profile portrait long supposed to be by Pontornini, of 1785 or 1786, but which, it has recently been argued, is a forgery.

Original Work:

Bonaparte profile.

by

Appiani, Andrea (1754-1817)

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