Artist(s):

unknown maker

after GIRODET, Anne Louis Girodet de Roucy-Trioson, dit (1767-1824)

Composed Title English:

Charles Bonaparte.

Inscribed Title:

Charles Bonaparte.

Description:

Portrait bust of Charles Bonaparte, Napoleon's father, looking out at the viewer. Based on Girodet's posthumous full-length portrait. He is dressed in late 18th century garb: powdered wig, embroidered coat, neck ruff.

Original Work:

Charles Marie Bonaparte.

by

Girodet, Anne Louis Girodet de Roucy-Trioson, dit (1767-1824)

1805

. Oil on canvas; 218 x 139 cm; Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon.

Subject Heading(s):

Bonaparte, Charles (1746-1785)

Medium:

lithograph

Dimensions:

120 x 97 mm (india paper) ; 211 x 142 mm (not including mount) ; 262 x 204 mm (sheet)

Paper Type:

chiné collé

Condition:

fine

Copy Specific:

mounted

McGill Notes:

Pennington Catalogue p. 1844

Related Works:

GIRODET, Anne Louis Girodet de Roucy-Trioson, dit (1767-1824); 'Charles Marie Bonaparte.'

LocNo:

8° O II 005