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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G82
People
Pierre Audouin, French (Paris 1768 - 1822 Paris)
Edme Bovinet, French (Chaumont 1767 - 1832 Creil)
After Charles de Châtillon, French (Doullens, France 1777 - 1844)
After Jean Duplessis-Bertaux, French (Paris 1747 - 1819 Paris)
Title
Napoleon, Battle of Austerlitz
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Bataille d'Austerlitz
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1806
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/276351

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving on cream wove paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Image: 41 × 27.5 cm (16 1/8 × 10 13/16 in.)
Sheet: 46.6 × 27.5 cm (18 3/8 × 10 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, center left below portrait: Peint par Charles de Chatillon.
  • inscription: in plate, center below portrait: Dessiné par H. Laurent.
  • inscription: in plate, center right below portrait: Gravé par P. Audouin, Membre de l'Académie Impériale-Royal des Arts de Vienne.
  • inscription: in plate, lower left below battle scene: Composée, dessinée, et Gravée par Duplessi-Bertaux.
  • inscription: in plate, lower right below battle scene: Terminée par Bovinet
  • inscription: bottom left corner: Déposé à la Bibliotheque Impériale.
  • inscription: bottom center: Imprimé par Ramboz.
  • inscription: bottom right corner: se vend, à Paris chez Pierre Audouin, Rue Bourbon-Villeneuve, No. 39

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
M.45, De Vinck 7853.1

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G82
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Bust-length portrait of Napoleon in imperial robes above a depiction of the battle of Austerlitz.

Subjects and Contexts

  • Google Art Project

Verification Level

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