Print Description
This print shows the moment when Napoleon, accompanied by a few grenadiers, decides to enter the Orangery where the Five Hundred are sitting. The latter, at the sight of the general and his men, agonized him with insults and shouted “Outlaw! Down with the dictatorship! Death to tyrants! ?.
Although the scene was extremely violent and Bonaparte, believing his life to be threatened, had to evacuate the room, no deputy would have tried to stab him, contrary to what is represented here.
Lucien Bonaparte, Napoleon’s brother, played a significant role in that day and in the famous myth of the dagger: to urge the grenadiers to restore order in the assembly, he made them believe that some deputies had wanted to stab their general.
Made by Isidore-Stanislas Helman after Charles Monnet.
Medium: Engraving / etching on wove paper.
Sheet size: 48.5 x 37 cm (19.09 x 14.57 inch). Image size: 43.5 x 27 cm. (17.13 x 10.63 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Brown spots. Creases. Smudges. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
NAPOLEON-ORANGERY-THE FIVE HUNDRED-VIOLENT-FRENCH REVOLUTION | RBOS-T35-LARGE
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This attractive print was published in ca. 1800.
Biography engraver: Isidore-Stanislas Helman, (1743-1806?). Engraver.
Biography artist: Charles Monnet is a French painter.
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