Artiste(s):

after Lefèvre, Robert (1755-1830)

 unknown maker

Titre anglais composé:

Napoleon the Great, Emperor of the French, and King of Italy.

Titre inscrit:

NAPOLEON I. IL GRANDE || Imperatore dei Francesi, e Re d'Italia

Description:

Half-length portrait of Napoleon in coronation robes, wearing a crown of laurels, ermine robes, the Legion of Honour. The hilt of his sword is visible. The right arm is extended, but we cannot see the eagle-topped sceptre he holds in the original Lefèvre portrait.

Travail Original:

Napoléon Ier en costume du sacre.

by

Lefèvre, Robert (1755-1830)

1811

. Oil on canvas; 278 x 106 cm; Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon.

Sujet(s):

Coronation (2 December 1804) -- Grand Costume

Napoleon I, Emperor of the French (1769-1821) -- portrait -- -- Coronation robes

Technique:

stipple and line engraving

Dimensions:

159 x 115 (not including mount) ; 207 x 145 mm (sheet)

Type de papier:

laid paper

Condition:

fine

Note spécifique à l'exemplaire:

Double-mount paper, which is cut on the top and right, ink lines around the left and bottom of the middle layer, making a frame.

Notes de McGill:

Pennington Catalogue p. 0637

Œuvres associées:

Lefèvre, Robert (1755-1830); 'Napoléon Ier en costume du sacre.'

Références:

Agence photographique de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux.

Cote:

8° N III Lefevre 007