Pierre Alexandre Tardieu, Georges Malbeste, and others
L’Empereur en Grand Costume
1803
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- Artist: Pierre Alexandre Tardieu
- Artist: Georges Malbeste
- Artist: Jean Baptiste Michel Dupréel
- Artist: Jean Baptiste Isabey
- Artist: Charles Percier
L’Empereur en Grand Costume
1803
Physical Qualities
Etching, engraving, and stipple, Sheet: 544 x 357 mm. (21 7/16 x 14 1/16 in.)
Image: 445 x 242 mm. (17 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.1722
Plate IX from the book "Livre du sacre de S.M. l'empereur Napoléon dans l'Eglise métropolitaine de Paris le XI Frimaire an XIII, dimanche 2 décembre 1804," by Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine, Charles Percier, and Jean-Baptiste Isabey, eds.
(Paris: L'Imprimerie Impériale, 1804-1815)
T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore, purchased 1885 (Lugt supp. 2435b); James L. Claghorn, Philadelphia (Lugt supp. 555c).
BMA, Jacobs rotation, 15 March - 29 June 2010.
Apell, Aloys, Handbuch für Kupferstichsammler, Leipzig: A. Danz, 1880, no. 19. Andresen, Andreas, Handbuch für Kupferstichsammler, Leipzig: T.O. Weigel, 1870-1873, no. 8.
Signed: 1
Inscribed: Recto: in plate, at upper right: "IX"; in plate, at lower left: "Isabey Delint."; in plate, at lower right: "Alexandre Tardieu Sct."; in plate, at lower center: "L'EMPEREUR / en Grand Costume"; in plate, at bottom left: "Dessiné par Percier"; in plate, at bottom right: "Gravé par Malbeste et Dupréel"; at bottom right, in graphite: "3611 [in diamond]" Verso: none
Markings: Verso: Claghorn
