Napoleon as First Consul | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1956.213
People: Antoine-Jean Gros, French (Paris 1771 - 1835 Meudon)
Title: Napoleon as First Consul
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Napoleon Bonaparte Signing a Treaty at Rouen
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: c. 1802-1803
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/297223

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink and brown wash over graphite on cream wove paper

Dimensions

20.2 x 13.3 cm (7 15/16 x 5 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: Brown ink, below Napoleon's hand: Traité / de la / Paix Gén / Librt[...] / du / commerce / Voyage / à Rouen. A previous inscription has been cut off.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. William D. Vogel
Accession Year: 1956
Object Number: 1956.213
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Agnes Mongan, David to Corot: French Drawings in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1996), cat. no. 197, repr.

Exhibition History

32Q: 2220 18th-19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 03/11/2015

Subjects and Contexts

Google Art Project

Verification Level

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1956.213: Napoleon as First Consul