print;
broadside
- Museum number
- 2011,7043.28
- Title
- Object: Mort et apothéose de Napoléon II
- Description
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Broadside on the death of Napoleon II, 22 July 1832; in the lower part an oval scene showing him sitting on a chair, clutching his father's sword, and expiring, surrounded by his mother, two men and a woman; in the upper part another oval scene shows the apotheosis of Napoleon II, kneeling before his father who sits on a cloud with the eagle at his side. c.1832
Hand-coloured woodcut with letterpress
- Production date
- 1832 (c)
- Dimensions
-
Height: 432 millimetres (image area)
-
Width: 382 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
-
- Curator's comments
- A different state from the one recorded in De Vinck (published by Dembour in Metz; Dembour refers to himself as successor to Lacour in the inscription).
The death scene copies a lithograph by Nicolas Maurin (De Vinck 8648) while the apotheosis of Napoleon reproduces a composition designed by Tassaert.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Death of Napoléon II 1832
- Acquisition date
- 2011
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 2011,7043.28
