Artwork
Bonaparte Premier Consul de la Republique Française
Bonaparte Premier Consul de la Republique Française is an ink print by the Romanticist artist Charles Francois Gabriel Levachez. It dates from 1802 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.
- Inscription
- Inscribed:recto: in plate, in oval frame around portrait: BONAPARTE PREMIER CONSUL DE LA REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE; in plate, below image, at center: Duplessis Bertaux Aquaforti. / Revue du quintidi; in plate, below image, at left: Boilly Pinxit. / Déposé à la Bibliothèque N.le / Le 19 Thermidor An X.; in plate, below image, at right: Levachez Sculp.t / A Paris, chez Auber Editeur Rue / S.t Lazare Chaussée d'Antin N.o 88.; verso: none
- Markings
- Marked:recto: none; verso: National Gallery of Art
About this work
Overview
Bonaparte Premier Consul de la Republique Française is a print created by Charles Francois Gabriel Levachez in 1802 using color etching and wash manner on wove paper.
Subject & Meaning
The print depicts Napoleon Bonaparte as the First Consul of France, dressed in formal attire and standing in a room with a few chairs, a clock, and a map on the wall, conveying a sense of the time period and his position.
Technique & Style
The work is an example of etching, a printmaking technique that involves etching a design onto a metal plate, which is then used to create multiple impressions.
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Artist & collection
Artist
Charles Francois Gabriel Levachez
Charles Francois Gabriel Levachez (1802–1802) was an artist.
