Jacques-Louis_David_-_The_Emperor_Napoleon_in_His_Study_at_the_Tuileries_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
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Summary
Jacques-Louis David : The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q83155
Details on Google Art Project |
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Title |
title QS:P1476,en:"
label QS:Len,"The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries"
label QS:Lar,"الإمبراطور ناپُليُون في مكتبه بِقصر التويليري"
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Object type |
painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
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Genre | portrait | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Depicted people | Napoleon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1812
date QS:P571,+1812-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Medium |
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
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Dimensions |
height: 2,039 mm (80.27 in); width: 1,251 mm (49.25 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,2039U174789
dimensions QS:P2049,1251U174789
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q214867
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Accession number |
1961.9.15
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Object history |
Commissioned by Alexander, marquis of Douglas [1767 1852, from 1819, 10th duke of Hamilton], Hamilton Palace, Strathclyde, Scotland;[1] by inheritance to his son, William Alexander Anthony Archibald Douglas, 11th duke of Hamilton [1811 1863], Hamilton Palace, Strathclyde, Scotland; by inheritance to his son, William Alexander Louis Stephen Douglas Hamilton, 12th duke of Hamilton [1845 1895], Hamilton Palace, Strathclyde, Scotland; (Hamilton Palace Collection sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 17 June 20 July 1882 (8 July), no. 1108); bought by (F. Davis), probably buying for Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th earl of Rosebery, [1847 1929], London;[2] his son, Albert Edward Harry Mayer Archibald Primrose, 6th earl of Rosebery [1882 1974], London; sold 15 June 1951 to (Wildenstein & Co., London and New York); sold February 1954 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York;[3] gift 1961 to NGA.
[2] According to a 31 January 1977 letter from Sotheby Parke Bernet to David E. Rust, in NGA curatorial files, F. Davis was a London dealer who almost always purchased for the earl of Rosebery. [3] The bill of sale (copy in NGA curatorial files) is dated February 10, 1954, and was for fourteen paintings, including Napoleon in his study ; payments by the Foundation continued to March 1957. |
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Notes | More info at museum site | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source/Photographer | zQEbF0AA9NhCXQ at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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