#Napoleonic portrait artists

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Wow super rushed Napoleonic era Arthur Kirkland because school is kicking my ass hard rn

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Napoleon Crossing the Alps

A recreation of a famous painting

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Napoleon in Coronation Robes by Francois Gerard, 1805.

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[diemelusine]

Portrait of poet and soldier Carl Theodor Körner (1814) by Emma Sophie Körner (attributed to Dorothea Stock). Alte Nationalgalerie.

[empirearchives]

Self-Portrait with Napoleon Hat (Sunset), between 1907-1910

By Lajos Gulácsy (1882-1932), Hungarian artist

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[legallyschrodingers]

I'm back 🫶👅👅

Decided to draw @promises-of-paradise 's Self portrait as a practice piece since I've been getting motivated lately

(P.s I did some slight changes on the necklace on some images:C )

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1814 portrait miniature of Lieutenant John Trumbull Ray, by artist Andrew Robertson. A Peninsular War veteran of the Napoleonic Wars in the British Army, he served under Lt. Gen. Sir Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, and was wounded first during the Siege of Badajoz and, later, at the Battle of Salamanca.

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Small drawing collection of my latest creation Emran as a teenager/freshly minted Air Acolyte, for my dear partner in unhinged OC shenanigans @katkastrofa, as promised <3

[araiz-zaria]

En Guerre — Laurent Gouvion St Cyr

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Joyeux Anniversaire Monsieur Le Marechal!

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Metzmacher, Emile Pierre. The Embroidery Lesson. 1815-1890. Oil on panel. Uno Langmann Limited | Fine Art & Antique Dealers

[kadenkilljoy]

oodles of doodles

I've been drawing on paper for the past couple months since my migraines have gotten too bad for me to use my tablet consistently

[frogwithfeelings]

it was my birthday a few days ago so i thought i'd update my 'meet the artist' thingy

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Emperor Napoleon III by Alexandre Cabanel, 1865.

[miffy-junot]

Napoleon commissioned artists with the same enthusiasm as he appointed marshals. His personal iconography is one of the most extensive ever created for an individual and is a perfect demonstration of the way in which art could be harnessed to political and military ambition. It is fortunate that the quality of the artists Napoleon chose - David, Ingres, Gros, Canova, Prud'hon - matched the scale of that ambition. The iconography was not limited to the various stages of Napoleon's ascendancy - General, First Consul, Emperor - but was also retrospective, which widened its terms of reference to include scenes from his childhood. Also incorporated within it were other members of his extended family.

Artists were asked to portray Napoleon not only as a brilliant military commander, but also as a magnanimous ruler and statesman, risking his life on the battlefield and toiling long hours in his study on behalf of his subjects. There is a clear indication in the formal portraits that, although Napoleon's power was vested in this world, it was ordained by a higher authority. All these commissions were executed at immense speed as artists endeavoured to keep up with the frantic progression of Napoleon's ascendancy. Furthermore, the outpouring of art in his honour was by no means only commissioned by Napoleon himself. Even after his death his legend continued to grow, giving rise to further image-making.

Napoleon's control over his artists was absolute. No visual art form was neglected - portraiture, narrative painting, sculpture, prints - and no source was left untouched. The art of the classical Byzantine, Carolingian, Renaissance and Baroque eras, as well as more recent art, was plundered for propaganda purposes in the task of establishing Napoleon's personal iconography in the end this proved to be successful and enduring. Although Napoleon preferred realistic representations, artists often resorted to Christian and pagan allegory to heighten the effect. Yet what set out to be dynastic propaganda could, in works by artists of the calibre of David and Ingres, transcend the limitations of its immediate, short-term aim to be numbered among the most authoritative and lasting images in European art.

source: Citizens and Kings, portraits in the age of revolution 1760-1830

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This is such a pretty picture of Napoleon, c. 1796

Portrait of General Bonaparte, 1796, by Louis Lafitte (Fondation Napoléon)