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The Triumph of Bonaparte, 1801. Black chalk with stumping, heightened with touches of white chalk, on blue laid paper, laid down on ivory Japanese paper.

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Black chalk with stumping, heightened with touches of white chalk, on blue laid paper, laid down on ivory Japanese paper · 35 × 63 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title
The Triumph of Bonaparte
Artist
Pierre-Paul Prud'hon French, 1758-1823
Date
1801
Medium
Black chalk with stumping, heightened with touches of white chalk, on blue laid paper, laid down on ivory Japanese paper
Dimensions
35 × 63 cm (13 13/16 × 24 13/16 in.)
Credit line
Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
Image license
CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record
Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1758–1823

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The Triumph of Bonaparte · Pierre Paul Prud'hon, 1801
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