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Portrait of Napoleon I Bonaparte

Copy

Lost Art-ID

626393

Artist / Creator

Unknown (Kopie nach Jacques Louis David)

Title

Portrait of Napoleon I Bonaparte

Additional title

Copy

Dating

1810 (around)

Object type

Painting

Group of reported objects

Painting

Material / Technique

Oil ; Canvas / painted

Height

68.80 cm

Width

58.20 cm

Inventory number

1939,80

Description

The painting is a copy of the famous portrait of Napoleon painted by Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) in 1812. Compared to the original, however, the copy shows the sitter reduced to the bust, against a neutral background and with softer facial features. Napoleon I is depicted in three-quarter profile and looks directly at the viewer. His body is turned slightly to the left and the sitter has pushed his right hand into his waistcoat in his typical gesture. The left side of his chest is decorated with medals. Letters are written in chalk on the frame: "D" (top) and "FR" (right).

Provenance

[...]; without date - 07.07.1939 Friedrich Wield, Birkenau 24, Hamburg, since 07.07.1939 Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte, Hamburg

Literature / Source

Meyer, Alfred, in: Bildhauer Wield. Ein Gedenkbuch , hrsg. v. Hugo Sieker. Hamburg [1977] (= Veröffentlichungen der Lichtwark-Stiftung Hamburg 14 [d.i.eigtl. 16]), S. 114; Brief Wield an H.W. Fischer vom 12.5.33, in: ebd., S. 50; zu seiner Wohnsituation: Lore Kegel: Erinnerungen an Wield, in: ebd., S. 80., Vgl. Bruhn, Maike: Kunst in der Krise. Bd. 1 und Bd. 2, Hamburg, München 2001, MHG-Archiv: Akte „Rechnung Haushaltsjahr 1939“

Published since

03.03.2025