Antique Print-NAPOLEON-FIRST-CONSUL-PORTRAIT-Mercoli-Bacler d’Albe-c.1800

Print

‘N. BONAPARTE P.ER CONSUL DE LA REPUBLIQUE FRAN?AISE. DEPOSE A LA BIBLIOTHEQUE NATIONALE ; PEINT PAR BACLER DALBE ; GRAVE PAR MERCOLI FILS’

– A head-and-shoulders portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte in an elaborate military uniform with embroidered details. The print is oval in shape and bears fine stipple engraving techniques.

SKU: PICTURA-05830 Category: Tag:

Description

Made by Michelangelo Mercoli after Louis-Albert-Ghislain Bacler d’Albe.

Medium: Stipple engraving on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 50.8 x 39.5 cm (20 x 15.55 inch). Image size: 50.8 x 39.5 cm. (20 x 15.55 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Light foxing, creasing and soiling.Some paper loss in left margin, backed. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

NAPOLEON, BONAPARTE, FIRST CONSUL, FRENCH REVOLUTION, PORTRAIT ENGRAVING, BACLER D’ALBE, MERCOLI | PCO-B3-18

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published by Bacler d’Albe in Paris, Rue des Moulins no. 542.

Reference: Wellcome Collection 579829i.

Biography engraver: Michelangelo Mercoli (1773-1802), an Italian engraver known for his detailed portrait engravings and collaborations with Bacler d’Albe.

Biography artist: Louis-Albert-Ghislain Bacler d’Albe (1761-1824), a French artist and geographer, who served under Napoleon and contributed to his propaganda through art.

Additional information

Dimensions 39 × 50 × 1 cm

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