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Horace VERNET (1789-1863) Napoleon's Tomb on St. Helena or Napoleon's Apotheosis Oil on canvas (restorations). 53 x 80 cm. Gilt frame with palmettes. B.E. Provenance : -Probably, Gabriel Delessert Collection, commissioned in 1821; -Probably M.M. Delessert Collection, 1846, n°222 ; -Probably Collection François Delessert, 1860, n°224, the painting is of the same size and mentioned without signature. -Probably, Sale, Collection of the Empress Eugénie, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, March 19, 1881, no. 77. Same size, also unsigned. -Purchased by the owner's grandfather in the 1960s from a collector who indicated that the the painting was from the sale of the Empress' collection. collection. -Sotheby's sale, June 15, 2017, no. 118, with the provenance above. -Private collection. Exhibition: -Horace Vernet" exhibition Château de Versailles, November 14 - March 17, 2024, cat 62, reproduced in the catalogue catalog p.73. Related work: - A replica made the same year, sold to M.Laffitte, with slight differences in the positioning of the of the tomb. Now in the Wallace collection. History: This powerful allegorical composition is one of those that forged the Napoleonic legend: On an island, we see the Emperor's tomb, with his hat and sword resting on it, next to a remnant of a broken chain. broken chain. The Bertrand family and Montholon weep. At the edge of the islet, in the waves, we see the wreckage of a ship inscribed with the Emperor's victories. "AUSTERLITZ- JENA - WAGRAM". A large right-hand section of the composition is devoted to a large group of officers and soldiers welcoming the Emperor into eternity. From left to right: Lasalle, Kléber, Bessières, Ney, Lannes, Sultan Selim III, Poniatowsky and Desaix, seated on the right. Produced in 1821, just after the announcement of the Emperor's death, this composition is based on Girodet's painting of Girodet's "Apothéose des héros morts pour la partie" painted during the Consulate. Bibliography : E. de Mirecourt, Les Contemporains, Horace Vernet, Paris, 1855, p. 41 ; A. Durande, Joseph, Carle et Horace Vernet : Correspondance et biographie, Paris, 1864, p. 75 ; A. Dayot, Les Vernet, Paris, 1898, pp. 126 and 201; The Wallace Collection, Catalogue of Pictures, London, 1986, Volume 2, pp. 266-267 Claudine Renaudeau, Horace Vernet (1789-1863): Chronologie et catalog raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, Thesis, Université Paris VI - Sorbonne, 1999, Volume 1, p. 211, no. 140 ; Catherine Granger, L'Empereur et les arts, La Liste Civile de Napoléon III, Paris, 2005, pp. 432 et

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Horace VERNET (1789-1863) Napoleon's Tomb on St. Helena or Napoleon's Apotheosis Oil on canvas (restorations). 53 x 80 cm. Gilt frame with palmettes. B.E. Provenance : -Probably, Gabriel Delessert Collection, commissioned in 1821; -Probably M.M. Delessert Collection, 1846, n°222 ; -Probably Collection François Delessert, 1860, n°224, the painting is of the same size and mentioned without signature. -Probably, Sale, Collection of the Empress Eugénie, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, March 19, 1881, no. 77. Same size, also unsigned. -Purchased by the owner's grandfather in the 1960s from a collector who indicated that the the painting was from the sale of the Empress' collection. collection. -Sotheby's sale, June 15, 2017, no. 118, with the provenance above. -Private collection. Exhibition: -Horace Vernet" exhibition Château de Versailles, November 14 - March 17, 2024, cat 62, reproduced in the catalogue catalog p.73. Related work: - A replica made the same year, sold to M.Laffitte, with slight differences in the positioning of the of the tomb. Now in the Wallace collection. History: This powerful allegorical composition is one of those that forged the Napoleonic legend: On an island, we see the Emperor's tomb, with his hat and sword resting on it, next to a remnant of a broken chain. broken chain. The Bertrand family and Montholon weep. At the edge of the islet, in the waves, we see the wreckage of a ship inscribed with the Emperor's victories. "AUSTERLITZ- JENA - WAGRAM". A large right-hand section of the composition is devoted to a large group of officers and soldiers welcoming the Emperor into eternity. From left to right: Lasalle, Kléber, Bessières, Ney, Lannes, Sultan Selim III, Poniatowsky and Desaix, seated on the right. Produced in 1821, just after the announcement of the Emperor's death, this composition is based on Girodet's painting of Girodet's "Apothéose des héros morts pour la partie" painted during the Consulate. Bibliography : E. de Mirecourt, Les Contemporains, Horace Vernet, Paris, 1855, p. 41 ; A. Durande, Joseph, Carle et Horace Vernet : Correspondance et biographie, Paris, 1864, p. 75 ; A. Dayot, Les Vernet, Paris, 1898, pp. 126 and 201; The Wallace Collection, Catalogue of Pictures, London, 1986, Volume 2, pp. 266-267 Claudine Renaudeau, Horace Vernet (1789-1863): Chronologie et catalog raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, Thesis, Université Paris VI - Sorbonne, 1999, Volume 1, p. 211, no. 140 ; Catherine Granger, L'Empereur et les arts, La Liste Civile de Napoléon III, Paris, 2005, pp. 432 et

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