The Triumph of Bonaparte

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The Triumph of Bonaparte

Pierre-Paul Prud'honLinkedCulture matchlcp-ff0c8c668a5f

Date
1801
Medium
Black chalk with stumping, heightened with touches of white chalk, on blue laid paper, laid down on ivory Japanese paper
Culture
France
Department
Prints and Drawings
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
151457

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The Triumph of Bonaparte celebrates the French defeat of Austria and the signing of the Treaty of Lunéville in 1801. Napoleon, as first consul of the Republic, stands in a chariot flanked by Victory and Peace. The Muses precede the chariot, while the Arts—painting, sculpture, and architecture—follow behind. A work of unbridled propaganda, the drawing is also a call for Napoleon to support the arts. Prud’hon’s idiosyncratic style blends a frieze-like arrangement of figures and overt references to ancient Rome (hallmarks of the period’s classicizing tendencies) with a soft sensuality inspired by Leonardo da Vinci and other Italian Renaissance masters.

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Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
Provenance
Charles Boulanger des Boisfremont [stamp (Lugt 353) recto, lower left, in red]; sold, Apr. 14–16, 1864, lot 47. Sold by Knoedler, to Dorothy Braude Edinburg, Brookline, MA., Mar. 22, 1963; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2012.

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AAT300033973

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