Artiste(s):

unknown maker

after Appiani, Andrea (1754-1817)

Titre anglais composé:

Napoleon Bonaparte.

Titre inscrit:

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.

Travail Original:

Bonaparte profile.

by

Appiani, Andrea (1754-1817)

1796

Sujet(s):

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

Technique:

engraving

Dimensions:

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

Type de papier:

wove paper

Condition:

taped, soiled

Note spécifique à l'exemplaire:

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

Notes de McGill:

Pennington Catalogue p. 0059

Œuvres associées:

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

Cote:

8° N I 013