Artiste(s):
del. Devéria
sc. Lefèvre aîné
Titre anglais composé:
Archdeacon Lucien on his death-bed designating with his arm the young Napoleon as the future head of the family.
Inscription:
Devéria del. / 1824. / Lefevre ainé sculpt.
Description:
Archdeacon Lucien on his deathbed, talking to Joseph, but designating Napoleon: "You are the eldest of the family, but always remember that here is the head." After Charles Bonaparte died in 1785, the Archdeacon became in a sense the family patriarch until his death in 1791. Here Napoleon's mother and siblings are shown huddled around the Archdeacon's deathbed, in a state of great emotional turmoil; only the young Napoleon (22 at the time) seems to be above all of this.
Sujet(s):
Bonaparte, Lucien, Archdeacon (1718-1791)
Note spécifique à l'exemplaire:
verso: "[16]"
Notes de McGill:
Pennington Catalogue p. 0016
Cote:
Endroit supplémentaire:
opp. p. 1