Artist(s):

unknown maker

after Gosse, Nicolas Louis François (1787-1878)

Composed Title English:

Napoleon receiving the Queen of Prussia at Tilsit, 6 July 1807.

Inscribed Title:

Napoleon recoit la reine de Prusse a Tilsit. | Napoleon empfangt de konigin von Preussen zu Tilzit. | am 6ten Juli 1807.

Inscription:

Gosse pinx. / Binders art. Inst.

Description:

In 1807, the queen and king of Prussia were forced to meet with Napoleon at Tilsit in Russia, where they had to sign a peace treaty, the stipulations of which were humiliating for Russia. Here Napoleon leads Louise, queen of Prussia up the stairs of the palace. Talleyrand, Napoleon's foreign minister, stands at the top of the stairs.

Original Work:

Entrevue de Napoléon Ier et de la reine Louise de Prusse à Tilsitt, le 6 juillet 1807.

by

Gosse, Nicolas Louis François (1787-1878)

1837

. Oil on canvas; 351 x 492 cm; Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon.

Subject Heading(s):

Napoleon I, Emperor of the French (1769-1821) -- and the Queen of Prussia, at Tilsit

Related Works:

Gosse, Nicolas Louis François (1787-1878); 'Entrevue de Napoléon Ier et de la reine Louise de Prusse à Tilsitt, le 6 juillet 1807.'

LocNo:

DC203 H53 1846

Added Location:

vol. 2, opp. p. 192