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Auguste Gaspard Louis Desnoyers, engraver

Napoléon le Grand (Portrait of Napoleon the Great), 1808

Description

Maker

  • Ramboz, printer
  • Auguste Gaspard Louis Desnoyers, 1779-1857, French, engraver
  • After Baron François Pascal Simon Gérard, 1770-1837, French, designer

Title

Napoléon le Grand (Portrait of Napoleon the Great)

Year

1808

Medium

engraving

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • engraving

Supports

  • Medium weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

Plate: 67 x 48.7 cm (26 3/8 x 19 3/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered Below Image: "NAPOLEON LE GRAND"
LL: "F. Gerard pinxit anno 1805"
LR: "Aug.te Boucher Desnoyers Sculpsit"
Stamped LC: Artist's mark (Lugt 2789), [Partially Trimmed]

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Alice G. Taft, Marianna Taft, Hope Smith and Brockholst M. Smith

Object Number

45.113.59

Projects & Publications

Publications

Inventaire du fonds français après 1800

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