Exhibition labels & didactics - National Gallery of Victoria
Exhibition labels & didactics - National Gallery of Victoria
Exhibition labels & didactics - National Gallery of Victoria
You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
Anne-Louis GIRODET-TRIOSON<br />
(studio <strong>of</strong>)<br />
Napoleon in Imperial robes<br />
Portrait de Napoléon en souverain législateur<br />
c. 1812<br />
oil on canvas<br />
Musée de l’Empéri, Salon de Provence<br />
Gift <strong>of</strong> Charles Pasqua, French Minister <strong>of</strong> the Interior, 1987 inv. 1987.1<br />
This <strong>of</strong>ficial image <strong>of</strong> the sovereign, standing<br />
with his sceptre held in a steady hand,<br />
dressed in the grand Imperial mantle lined<br />
with ermine and wearing the great collar <strong>of</strong><br />
the Legion <strong>of</strong> Honour, gives an impression<br />
<strong>of</strong> power and stability. Unlike the kings<br />
<strong>of</strong> France who swore on the Gospels<br />
to respect the fundamental laws <strong>of</strong> the<br />
kingdom, Napoleon appears here to take<br />
an oath upon the Code Napoléon (France’s<br />
new Code <strong>of</strong> Civil Laws), at once source<br />
and guarantee <strong>of</strong> the law.<br />
235<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.
Change language