Artist(s):

after Gérard, François, baron (1770-1837)

sc. Boucher-Desnoyers, Auguste-Gaspard-Louis (1779-1857)

Composed Title English:

Napoleon the Great.

Inscribed Title:

NAPOLEON LE GRAND

Inscription:

F. Gerard pinxit anno 1805. / Augte Boucher Desnoyers sculpsit / Franz Hanfstaengl, München, London & New York. Printed in Munich.

Description:

Full-length portrait of Napoleon in Coronation robes, holding sceptre. Decorated border. Small crowned eagle in circle below. Based on Gérard's portrait.

Original Work:

Napoléon Ier, Empereur des français en grand costume du sacre.

by

Gérard, François, baron (1770-1837)

1805

. Oil on canvas; 223 x 143 cm; Musée national du château de Versailles et de Trianon.

Subject Heading(s):

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

Coronation (2 December 1804)

Medium:

engraving

Publication Place:

Munich, London & New York

Printer Name:

Munich

Dimensions:

632 x 463; plate mark

Condition:

fine

Copy Specific:

verso: "Note : no.50 | is in gilt | frame" ; "109247" ; "late" ; "2/10/-" ; "0/"

Provenance:

"O/N 109247" dealer

McGill Notes:

Pennington Catalogue p. 0630

Variants:

Looks like the original for Folio N III 015

Related Works:

Gérard, François, baron (1770-1837); 'Napoléon Ier, Empereur des français en grand costume du sacre.'

LocNo:

Folio N III 018