Exhibition labels & didactics - National Gallery of Victoria
Exhibition labels & didactics - National Gallery of Victoria Exhibition labels & didactics - National Gallery of Victoria
202 Pierre Nolasque BERGERET French 1782–1863 Bas-relief designs for the Palais du Corps législatif (Legislative Body) Projets pour le Corps législatif 1812–13 pen and brown ink and brown wash over pencil The Emperor enters Berlin L’entrée de l’Empereur à Berlin The arrival of the French forces at Warsaw L’entrée des Français à Varsovie Fondation Napoléon, Paris Donation Lapeyre inv.413, inv.768 © COPYRIGHT This document remains the property of the National Gallery of Victoria and must be returned upon request. Reproduction in part or in whole is prohibited without written authorisation.
Alexandre-Evariste FRAGONARD French 1780–1850 Bas-relief designs for the Palais du Corps législatif (Legislative Body) Dessins pour le Corps législatif 1810 pencil, wash, watercolour gouache The two emperors meeting on a raft on the Niemen L’Entrevue des deux Empereurs sur le Niémen Presentation of the Spanish Standards to the Corps législatif La présentation au Corps législatif des drapeaux pris aux Espagnols Fondation Napoléon, Paris Donation Lapeyre inv. 763, inv. 855 The Palais Bourbon in Paris (today the National Assembly) became the seat of the Corps législatif (Legislative Body) during the Empire. The painters Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard and Pierre-Nolasque Bergeret furnished the military drawings displayed here and nearby for a series of bas-relief sculptures that decorated the exterior of this building. These bas-reliefs were destroyed in 1815 after the fall of Napoleon’s regime. 203 © COPYRIGHT This document remains the property of the National Gallery of Victoria and must be returned upon request. Reproduction in part or in whole is prohibited without written authorisation.
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Alexandre-Evariste FRAGONARD<br />
French 1780–1850<br />
Bas-relief designs for the Palais du Corps<br />
législatif (Legislative Body)<br />
Dessins pour le Corps législatif<br />
1810<br />
pencil, wash, watercolour gouache<br />
The two emperors meeting on a raft on<br />
the Niemen<br />
L’Entrevue des deux Empereurs sur le Niémen<br />
Presentation <strong>of</strong> the Spanish Standards to<br />
the Corps législatif<br />
La présentation au Corps législatif des<br />
drapeaux pris aux Espagnols<br />
Fondation Napoléon, Paris<br />
Donation Lapeyre inv. 763, inv. 855<br />
The Palais Bourbon in Paris (today the<br />
<strong>National</strong> Assembly) became the seat <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Corps législatif (Legislative Body) during<br />
the Empire. The painters Alexandre-Évariste<br />
Fragonard and Pierre-Nolasque Bergeret<br />
furnished the military drawings displayed<br />
here and nearby for a series <strong>of</strong> bas-relief<br />
sculptures that decorated the exterior <strong>of</strong> this<br />
building. These bas-reliefs were destroyed<br />
in 1815 after the fall <strong>of</strong> Napoleon’s regime.<br />
203<br />
© COPYRIGHT<br />
This document remains the property <strong>of</strong> the <strong>National</strong> <strong>Gallery</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Victoria</strong> and must be returned upon request. Reproduction in part or in whole is prohibited without written authorisation.
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