Napoleon as General
Object Details
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- This miniature was painted after a portrait by Thomas Sully, who in turn was copying a painting by the Italian artist Andrea Appiani (1754-1817). Appiani’s painting Napoleon in Milan, in the Napoleonic Museum in Cuba, was used on a commemorative stamp, commissioned in 1969 by the Cuban Postal Administration. Conservation of this miniature was made possible through a generous grant provided by the Smithsonian Women’s Committee.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry Du Pré Bounetheau
- Data Source
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Date
- 1847
- Object number
- 1946.3.13
- Artist
- Henry Brintnell Bounetheau, born Charleston, SC 1797-died Charleston, SC 1877
- Copy after
- Thomas Sully, born Horncastle, England 1783-died Philadelphia, PA 1872
- Andrea Appiani, Italian, born Milan, Italy 1754-died Milan, Italy 1817
- Sitter
- Napoleon I
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting-Miniature
- Medium
- watercolor on ivory
- Dimensions
- sight 5 5/8 x 4 1/2 in. (14.3 x 11.4 cm) rectangle
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- Topic
- Dress\uniform\military uniform
- Occupation\military\general
- Portrait male\bust
- Record ID
- saam_1946.3.13
