Artiste(s):

unknown maker

after Gosse, Nicolas Louis François (1787-1878)

Titre anglais composé:

Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia at Tilsit.

Inscription:

[on opp. p. : From the painting by Nicholas L. F. Gosse | in the Versailles Gallery]

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.

Travail Original:

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.

Sujet(s):

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

Œuvres associées:

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

Cote:

DC203 H43 1900z

Endroit supplémentaire:

vol. 4, frontispiece