Artist(s):

unknown maker

after DAVID, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825)

Composed Title English:

Bonaparte.

Description:

Bust portrait of Napoleon, a tracing taken from an unfinished portrait by David.

Original Work:

Le Général Bonaparte.

by

David, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825)

1797-98

. Oil on canvas (unfinished); 81 x 65 cm; Musée du Louvre.

Subject Heading(s):

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

Medium:

pencil drawing with wash

Dimensions:

210 x 157 mm (not including mount); 410 x 308 mm (sheet) folded to 205 x 308 mm.

Paper Type:

wove paper

Condition:

soiled

Copy Specific:

vesro of mount, in pencil : "Bonaparte, 1er Consul" "décalque pris sur un croquis de L. David"

McGill Notes:

Pennington Catalogue p. 0426

Related Works:

DAVID, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825); 'Le Général Bonaparte.'

LocNo:

8° N II 029