Portrait #782

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Bonaparte, Napoleon coronation
  • Artist:Unknown
  • Date Created:after 1805
  • Owner/Location:Belmont Mansion 1900 Belmont Boulevard Nashville, TN 37212 615-460-5459
  • Frame Dimensions:NA
  • Image Dimensions:46 x 36
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  • Materials/Media:oil on canvas
  • Date Documented:12/26/2005
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:A dark-haired man in full regalia including a gold crown.
  • History:A copy of a painting by Andrea Appiani (1754-1817) done in 1805 as "Coronation Portrait of Napoleon as King of Italy," Musee National de l'd, Aix, Foundation Gourgaud. Purchased by Adelica Acklen in 1853 in France, according to an 1888 newspaper account. Reportedly one of Joseph A. S. Acklen's favorites, it hung in a downstairs bedroom.
  • Notes:Napoleon was crowned King of Italy May 26, 1805 at Milan.