Artiste(s):

after Gérard, François, baron (1770-1837)

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

Titre anglais composé:

Napoleon the Great.

Titre inscrit:

NAPOLEON LE GRAND

Inscription:

F. Gerard pinxit anno 1805. / Augte Boucher Desnoyers Sculpsit / Imprimé par Ramboz

Description:

Full-length portrait of Napoleon in Coronation robes based on Gérard's official painting. Ornate frame decorated with 'N' all around. At the bottom on either side of the border, feather [plume?], sword, hand of justice and sceptre, crown and globe, eagles

Travail Original:

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.

Sujet(s):

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

Technique:

engraving

Nom d'imprimeur:

Ramboz

Dimensions:

688 x 515; plate mark

Condition:

fine

Note spécifique à l'exemplaire:

Mounted. verso on mount: "1808" ; [A note by Pennington in his catalogue: "in heavy gilt frame surmounted by an eagle" would suggest that there was an eagle which has now fallen]

Notes de McGill:

Pennington Catalogue p. 0617

Œuvres associées:

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

Cote:

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