Artist(s):

unknown maker

after Appiani, Andrea (1754-1817)

Composed Title English:

Napoleon Bonaparte.

Inscribed Title:

NAPOLEONE BUONAPARTE.

Description:

Bust profile of a young Napoleon with long hair tied with a ribbon, based on Appiani's Milan portrait of 1796. 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)

1796

Subject Heading(s):

Napoleon I, Emperor of the French (1769-1821) -- Portrait -- -- General

Medium:

engraving

Dimensions:

192 x 125 mm (not including mount). 262 x 204 mm (sheet).

Paper Type:

wove paper

Condition:

taped, soiled

Copy Specific:

printed on yellow paper. Verso, on print in pencil: "Milan '7" and some illegible red ink stamp.

McGill Notes:

Pennington Catalogue p. 0059

Related Works:

APPIANI, Andrea (1754-1817); 'Bonaparte profile.'

LocNo:

8° N I 013