Raphael Morghen, Baron François Pascal Gérard, Stefano Tofanelli
Napoleon Bonaparte
1806
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Raphael Morghen, Baron François Pascal Gérard, Stefano Tofanelli
Napoleon Bonaparte
1806
Physical Qualities
Engraving, Sheet: 414 × 300 mm. (16 5/16 × 11 13/16 in.)
Plate: 397 × 281 mm. (15 5/8 × 11 1/16 in.)
Image: 225 × 164 mm. (8 7/8 × 6 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.2028
Engraved at Florence, 1807 as frontispiece for the folio edition of the "Code Napoleon" (Florence: Molini, Landi, & Co., 1809).
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1946; T. Harrison Garrett (L. 2435b), by purchase; James L. Claghorn (L. 555c) by purchase.
Palmerini, Niccolo. "Opere d'intaglio del cav. Raffaello Morghen" (Florence: Presso Niccolo Pagni, 1824): cat. 206.
Le Blanc, Charles. "Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des gravures toutes les nations[...]" (Paris: Emile Bouillon, 1854-1888): vol. 3, cat. 145vii.
Apell, Aloys. "Handbuch fur Kupferstichsammler, oder Lexicon der vorzuglichsten Kupferstecher des XIX. Jahrhunderts welche in Linienmanier gearbeitet haben, sowie Beschreibung ihrer besten und gesuchtesten Blatter" (Leipzig: Alexander Danz, 1880): cat. 129viii.
Halsey, Frederic Robert. "Raphael Morghen's engraved works, being a descriptive catalogue" (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1885): cat. 129ix.
Le Blanc, Charles. "Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des gravures toutes les nations[...]" (Paris: Emile Bouillon, 1854-1888): vol. 3, cat. 145vii.
Apell, Aloys. "Handbuch fur Kupferstichsammler, oder Lexicon der vorzuglichsten Kupferstecher des XIX. Jahrhunderts welche in Linienmanier gearbeitet haben, sowie Beschreibung ihrer besten und gesuchtesten Blatter" (Leipzig: Alexander Danz, 1880): cat. 129viii.
Halsey, Frederic Robert. "Raphael Morghen's engraved works, being a descriptive catalogue" (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1885): cat. 129ix.
Signed: 1
Inscribed: RECTO: Inscribed in plate "Steph. Tofanelli delineavit/ Raph. Morghen sculp. Florentiae/ NAPOLEON/ Empereur des Francais, Roi d'Italie,/ et Protecteur de la Confederation/ du Rhin"; in graphite below image "LB 145 [erased]/ 313/ LB". VERSO: In graphite "7427 [enclosed in a diamond]"
Markings: CM: Claghorn; Garrett