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LEVACHEZ, Charles Francois Gabriel after Louis Joseph LEFEVRE
[Napoleon]
Colour printed aquatint. Registration marks on top and bottom margins. Printed on wove paper. In excellent condition. Image size: 21 15/16 x 21 1/2 inches. Plate mark: 25 1/8 x 17 3/8 inches. Sheet size: 25 3/4 x 18 1/2 inches.
A stunning colour printed aquatint of Napoleon at the height of his power.
Napoléon Bonaparte famously crowned himself Emperor Napoléon I in Notre Dame on 2 December 1804. This monumental event spurred a visual campaign, which sought to establish an Imperial image of the Emperor as the ordained leader of France. Paintings and prints depicting the Emperor in his coronation robes appeared all over Paris and throughout the provinces. This resolute campaign, to disseminate the Imperial image, continued throughout Napoleon's reign depicting his conquests and solidifying him as a visual icon. This stunningly printed aquatint by Levachez is a lucid example of this visual tradition. In this simple image Napoleon is depicted as both powerful and resolute the quintessential politician and the gifted soldier.
Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs
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#12816 $1,750.00 
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© 2002-2005 Donald A. Heald
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