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NAPOLÉON BONAPARTE (1769-1821)

Lot 2
20.11.2024 16:00UTC +01:00
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€ 63 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationFrance, Paris
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ID 1329893
Lot 2 | NAPOLÉON BONAPARTE (1769-1821)
Estimate value
€ 60 000 – 80 000
NAPOLÉON BONAPARTE (1769-1821)
PLAN DE LA BATAILLE DE RIVOLI. LONGWOOD, SAINTE HÉLÈNE : LE 15 AOÛT 1816.
Dessin autographe à l'encre noire et crayon rouge sur papier vergé.
Montage composé d'une médaille de la Légion d'Honneur, plaque grand aigle brodé, Premier Empire, de deux plumes d'oie avec légende autographe du comte de Las Cases et deux rameaux provenant de Sainte Hélène.
Dessin : 335 x 210 mm
Cadre : 500 x 400 mm




Provenance

Donné par Napoléon Bonaparte au comte Emmanuel de Las Cases
puis par descendance jusqu'à l'actuel propriétaire



Literature

- La Sabretache. Centenaire de Napoléon. 5 mai 1821 – 5 mai 1921. Paris : Plon, 1921.
Reproduit à la planche XIII : « Plan de Rivoli dessiné par Napoléon à Sainte-Hélène.
Dessin à l’encre avec quelques traits au crayon rouge.
- Général Weygand. Histoire de l’armée Française. Paris : Flammarion, 1938.
Reproduit page 243



Exhibited

- [Exposition]. Deux siècles de Gloire militaire. 1610 – 1814. Paris : Musée des arts décoratifs, 1935.
N° 1393 du catalogue.



Further details

ORIGINAL DRAWING OF THE PLAN OF THE BATTLE OF RIVOLI, DRAWN BY THE EMPEROR IN SAINT HELENA ON HIS BIRTHDAY, THE 15TH OF AUGUST 1816, WHILE WORKING ON HIS MEMOIRS WITH COUNT EMMANUEL DE LAS CASES.
LAS CASES LATER MOUNTED THE RELIC IN A LARGE GILT FRAME WITH THE IMPERIAL ARMS, AND DECORATED WITH TWO BRANCHES FROM A TREE FROM SAINT HELENA, AND 2 QUILLS, CAPTIONED BY LAS CASES : "RIVOLI, 15 AUGUST 1816, ON HIS BIRTHDAY, THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON DREW THIS PLAN OF RIVOLI, WITH THIS QUILL, IN HIS TENT".
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