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Alexandre Benoit Jean DUFAY, dit CASANOVA (1770-1844) (attribué à).
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Alexandre Benoit Jean DUFAY, dit CASANOVA (1770-1844) (attribué à).
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French in "grand habillement" for the coronation.
Napoleon dressed in coronation robes.
Oil on canvas.
Two old labels on the back: n° 195 and n° 92611.
57 x 51 cm
Gilt wood frame.
B.E.
PROVENANCE Bernard Franck Military Collection
Wallace C. Yost Collection
Galerie des Princes, Paris
EXHIBITIONS Napoleon And His Age, Roslyn Harbour, Nassau County Museum of art, Jan. 28-Apr. 29, 2001, no. 8.
The Napoleon Collection of Wallace C. Yost, Pensacola, Pensacola
Museum of Art| Roslyn Harbour, Nassau County Museum of Art, 5 Dec.
1987 - Jan. 18, 1988.
The Napoleon Collection of Wallace C. Yost, Maitland, The Maitland Art
Center of Art, 1988, no. 10.
BIBLIOGR.:
Xavier Salmon, François Gérard, 1770-1837, portraitiste: peintre des rois, roi des peintres, exhibition catalogue, Château de Fontainebleau, 29 March - 30 June 2014, Paris, RMN, 2014, pp. 86-88.
HISTORY Under the First Empire, court costumes, established by the decree of 29 Messidor Year XII (18 July 1804), returned to the pomp of the Ancien Régime.
From the time of his coronation, the Emperor had two official outfits: the "petit habillement", consisting of a short purple velvet suit and coat with gold embroidery, and the "grand habillement", designed by Isabey and Percier, in which we see him represented here. According to the decree, this "grand habillement" was to include: "breeches and stockings of white silk, white shoes embroidered with gold, tunic of white silk embroidered and adorned at the bottom with gold crepe, mantle falling over the shoulders and has breast and falling behind, of purple velvet sown with gold bees, embroidered around and lined with ermine, white gloves embroidered with gold, lace cravat, open gold crown formed of laurel leaves, gold sceptre and hand of justice, gold-handled sword enriched with diamonds attached to a white sash worn as a belt and adorned with gold sash[1].
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Napoleon I, Emperor of the French in "grand habillement" for the coronation.
Napoleon dressed in coronation robes.
Oil on canvas.
Two old labels on the back: n° 195 and n° 92611.
57 x 51 cm
Gilt wood frame.
B.E.
PROVENANCE Bernard Franck Military Collection
Wallace C. Yost Collection
Galerie des Princes, Paris
EXHIBITIONS Napoleon And His Age, Roslyn Harbour, Nassau County Museum of art, Jan. 28-Apr. 29, 2001, no. 8.
The Napoleon Collection of Wallace C. Yost, Pensacola, Pensacola
Museum of Art| Roslyn Harbour, Nassau County Museum of Art, 5 Dec.
1987 - Jan. 18, 1988.
The Napoleon Collection of Wallace C. Yost, Maitland, The Maitland Art
Center of Art, 1988, no. 10.
BIBLIOGR.:
Xavier Salmon, François Gérard, 1770-1837, portraitiste: peintre des rois, roi des peintres, exhibition catalogue, Château de Fontainebleau, 29 March - 30 June 2014, Paris, RMN, 2014, pp. 86-88.
HISTORY Under the First Empire, court costumes, established by the decree of 29 Messidor Year XII (18 July 1804), returned to the pomp of the Ancien Régime.
From the time of his coronation, the Emperor had two official outfits: the "petit habillement", consisting of a short purple velvet suit and coat with gold embroidery, and the "grand habillement", designed by Isabey and Percier, in which we see him represented here. According to the decree, this "grand habillement" was to include: "breeches and stockings of white silk, white shoes embroidered with gold, tunic of white silk embroidered and adorned at the bottom with gold crepe, mantle falling over the shoulders and has breast and falling behind, of purple velvet sown with gold bees, embroidered around and lined with ermine, white gloves embroidered with gold, lace cravat, open gold crown formed of laurel leaves, gold sceptre and hand of justice, gold-handled sword enriched with diamonds attached to a white sash worn as a belt and adorned with gold sash[1].
WORKS IN R
EMP2021