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Attributed to Jean-François SOIRON (Geneva, 1756 - Paris, 18…
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Lot no. 75
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Attributed to Jean-François SOIRON (Geneva, 1756 - Paris, 1812)
Emperor Napoleon I in coronation costume, after Anne-Louis Girodet de Rouçy-Trioson
Enamel on gold
(Small chip around the edge)
Without frame
Emperor Napoleon I in coronation robes, after Anne-Louis Girodet de Rouçy-Trioson, enamel on gold, attr. to J.-F. Soiron
1.61 x 1.37 in.
4.1 x 3.5 cm
Provenance: Georges Van Damme (1907-1986) Military and Historical Collection, Eeklo (Belgium) ;
Its sale, London, Sotheby's, 9 June 1994, no. 13 ;
Private collection, Sweden
Exhibitions: Staging power: Napoleon, Charles John and Alexander, Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, 30 September 2010 - 23 January 2011, p. 161, no. 14 ;
La mémoire de Napoléon, 200 ans depuis Waterloo, Rosersberg, Skånelaholm Castle, 2015, p. 43, no. 14
Our miniature takes up the iconography developed by Girodet in a series of full-length portraits commissioned by the Emperor from the painter. In it, he creates a happier, more humanised iconography of Napoleon than in the official portrait painted by Ingres.
Attributed to Jean-François SOIRON (Geneva, 1756 - Paris, 1812)
4.1 x 3.5 cm
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