Property from Marco Voena's London pied-à-terre (lots 106–131)
Follower of Piat-Joseph Sauvage
Portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte, also known as Napoleon I (1769–1821), as first consul
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November 19, 01:30 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
Bid
2,200 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from Marco Voena's London pied-à-terre (lots 106–131)
Follower of Piat-Joseph Sauvage
Portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte, also known as Napoleon I (1769–1821), as first consul
oil on canvas, en grisaille
unframed: 57.8 x 41.5 cm.; 22¾ x 16⅜ in.
framed: 67.3 x 50.5 cm.; 26½ x 19⅞ in.
Alexandre-Auguste Fiocchi (1803–c. 1896), Paris and Rochefort, by 1886 (according to an inscription on the reverse).
This composition closely relates to a painting by Piat-Joseph Sauvage (1744–1818), of around 1799–1804, in the Musée Carnavalet, Paris.1 Other versions of this composition can be found in the Musée Marmottan, Paris, the Musée national des châteaux de Malmaison & Bois-Préau, Rueil-Malmaison, the Musée Napoléon, Île-d'Aix and the library of the Institut de France, Paris.
Note on Provenance
According to an inscription on the reverse, this picture was previously owned by Alexandre-Auguste Fiocchi: a miniaturist and art collector who settled in Rochefort. In 1859, Fiocchi donated a large part of his collection to the city's museum. In return for his donation, he was appointed as the museum's conservator.
1 Inv. no. P838; oil on canvas, 65.5 x 49.5 cm.; https://www.parismuseescollections.paris.fr/fr/musee-carnavalet/oeuvres/portrait-de-bonaparte-1769-1821-en-premier-consul#infos-principales.
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