Artist(s):

after VERNET, Horace (1789-1863)

 JAZET, Jean Pierre Marie (1788-1871)

Composed Title English:

I wish that my ashes lie on the banks of the Seine, amidst the French people that I so loved.

Inscribed Title:

"Je désire que mes Cendres reposent sur les bords de la Seine, au milieu de ce Peuple Français que j'ai tant aimé"

Inscription:

(Testament de l'EMPEREUR NAPOLÉON, Ste Hélène, 15 Avril 1821.) // Peint par Horace Vernet // Gravé par Jazet // Paris, Jazet + Thre Vibert, Rue de Lancry, 7 et chez Bulla et Delarue, Succrs d'Aumont, rue J J Rousseau 10.

Description:

Napoleon crowned with laurel, stepping out of his tomb, holding an olive branch in one hand. Halo. Based on Vernet's painting.

Original Work:

Napoléon sortant du tombeau.

by

Vernet, Horace (1789-1863)

1840

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

Subject Heading(s):

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

Medium:

aquatint

Publication Place:

Paris

Dimensions:

779 x 600; sheet

Condition:

fine

Copy Specific:

recto, bottom right: "20" ; "3" ; bottom centre-right: illegible collector's markings; verso: "ON 129120" ; illegible markings

Provenance:

"O/N 129120" dealer ; "1xa" collector

McGill Notes:

Pennington Catalogue p. 1732

Related Works:

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

LocNo:

Folio N VI 002