Artiste(s):

unknown maker

after Vernet, Horace (1789-1863)

Titre anglais composé:

Apotheosis of Napoleon.

Inscription:

H. Vernet pinxt

Description:

Napoleon stepping out of his grave wearing a laurel crown and holding an olive branch highly reminiscent of a martyr's palm branch. An aura emanates behind him. After Horace Vernet's painting.

Travail Original:

Napoléon sortant du tombeau.

by

Vernet, Horace (1789-1863)

1840

. Oil on canvas; 64.1 x 54.0 cm; Private collection (?).

Sujet(s):

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

Œuvres associées:

Vernet, Horace (1789-1863); 'Napoléon sortant du tombeau.'

Cote:

DC203 H53 1846

Endroit supplémentaire:

vol. 2,