Jean Baptiste Mauzaisse

Napoleon (Portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte)

Jean Baptiste Mauzaisse: An original lithograph by the French painter and printmaker, Jean Baptiste Mauzaisse, Napoleon dates from 1828. As Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) had died at St. Helena only seven years before, this lithographic portrait was created quite early in the French wave of veneration for the life and career of the former Emperor.

J. B. Mauzaisse based this original lithograph upon his own painting of Napoleon Bonaparte which was then in the collection of the Duke of Orleans.

Napoleon is printed upon fine chine colle and mounted onto a large sheet of wove paper as published for Galerie du Palais Royal between 1825 & 1829. It is signed in the stone by Jean Baptiste Mauzaisse to the lower left. J. B. Mauzaisse's portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte represents both a strong example of his work and a major contribution to early Napoleonic art.

Napoleon (Portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte)

View other original lithographs published for the Galerie du Palais Royal.

Galerie lithographiee de son altesse Royale Monseigneur le Duc d'Orleans
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Note
01-		Charleroi (Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Ligny) by Louis Stanislas Marin-Lavigne designed by Horace Vernet.	Original Lithograph	Between 1825 & 1829	This impression bears the official 'Galerie du Palais Royal' blindstamp.
02.-		J. J. Rousseau (Portrait of Jean Jacques Rousseau) by Jean Baptiste Mauzaisse designed by Baron Francois Gerard.	Original Lithograph	Between 1825 & 1829	Signed in the stone by Jean Baptiste Mauzaisse and bears the official 'Galerie du Palais Royal' blindstamp.
03.-		La Marchande de Pommes (The Apple Seller) by Francois Bellay designed by Michel Martin Drolling.	Original Lithograph	Between 1825 & 1829	This impression bears the official 'Galerie du Palais Royal' blindstamp. The British Museum, London, includes an impression in its collection.
04.-		Napoleon (Portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte) by Jean Baptiste Mauzaisse.	Original Lithograph	Between 1825 & 1829	Signed in the stone by Jean Baptiste Mauzaisse. The British Museum, London, includes an impression in its collection.

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Title:	Napoleon (Portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte)
Artist:	Mauzaisse, Jean Baptiste (Corbeil, 1784 - Paris, 1844)
Date:	Between 1825 & 1829
Medium:	Original Lithograph
Publisher:	Galerie du Palais Royal
Note:	Jean Baptiste Mauzaisse: An early nineteenth century painter and lithographer of portraits and military scenes, Jean Baptiste Mauzaisse studied at the Ecole des beaux-arts, Paris, under Francois-Andre Vincent. He began exhibiting his art at the Paris Salon in 1804. Four years later the Salon awarded his painting, L'Arabe pleurant son coursier, the Gold Medal. With his reputation secured J. B. Mauzaisse received many important commissions: He produced paintings for the cathedrals of Bourges and Nantes and decorated several ceilings within the Louvre (1822). In 1823 Jean Baptiste Mauzaisse was awarded the Chevalier de la Legion d'honneur.
	Today the art of Jean Baptiste Mauzaisse is included in public collections in Bordeaux, Dijon, Pau, Amiens and Versailles. Major museums which house his art include the Louvre, Paris, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
	J. B. Mauzaisse was among the earliest French painters to recognise the possibilities of lithography. In this medium he was most highly regarded for his portraits which exhibit both fines lines and tonal values.
	Napoleon (Portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte) hails from the set of lithographs issued under the title, Galerie lithographiee de son altesse Royale Monseigneur le Duc d'Orleans, now most usually called, Galerie du Palais Royal. In 1824, the Duke of Orleans decided to have his collection of then contemporary paintings published as a series of lithographs. Around two hundred lithographs were created by various artists and published in two parts, the first in 1825 and the second in 1829. The lithographs were printed in a limited edition and were available only to the subscribers, which numbered 487. After publication the lithographic stones were erased.
Edition:	Around five hundred impressions
Provenance:	This original lithograph entitled, Napoleon (Portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte) hails from the estate of LeRoy Latham (1874-1938). LeRoy Latham was Chairman of the Latham Lithographing Company, New York. His extensive collection of original lithographs was particularly noteworthy for its early French and English impressions.
Size:	12 X 8 1/4 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
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Condition:	Printed upon fine chine colle and mounted onto a large sheet of wove paper as published for Galerie du Palais Royal on the above date. Signed in the stone by Jean Baptiste Mauzaisse to the lower left. Containing slight scuffing in the outer margins, else a finely printed impression and in excellent condition throughout. J. B. Mauzaisse's Napoleon represents both a strong example of his work and a major contribution to early Napoleonic art. The British Museum, London, includes an impression of J. B. Mauzaisse's Napoleon in its permanent collection. It may be viewed under the Registration number, 1860,0728.314.
Subject:	Jean Baptiste Mauzaisse, J. B. Mauzaisse, Napoleon, original lithograph, portraits, Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), early French lithographers, Galerie du Palais Royal, early Napoleonic art.
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