Napoleon's Farewell to the Imperial Guard at Fontainebleau
Horace Vernet, 1825
In the Cour du Cheval Blanc at Fontainebleau, 20 April 1814, Napoleon embraces the eagle and takes leave of the Old Guard.
About this work
Horace Vernet painted this scene in 1825: Napoleon taking leave of the soldiers of his Imperial Guard in the courtyard of the palace of Fontainebleau on April 20, 1814. Napoleon had been forced to abdicate that April after his defeat in the campaign of 1814 and the invasion of France by the allied armies. Under the Treaty of Fontainebleau of April 11 he kept the title of Emperor and was given sovereignty over the island of Elba, where he was sent into exile. Before leaving, he addressed the Old Guard, the veteran formation his soldiers called "the Immortals": "Soldiers of my old Guard, I bid you farewell. For twenty years, I have found you constantly on the path to honor and glory." He ended by asking at least to kiss their flag. On the road south, royalist villages in Provence booed his convoy. Vernet (1789–1863), son of the painter Carle Vernet and grandson of Claude-Joseph Vernet, was born in the Louvre and made his name painting French soldiers in a familiar, unidealised way. He later directed the French Academy in Rome and decorated the Constantine room at Versailles for King Louis-Philippe.
Sources: Wikimedia Commons · Wikipedia: Napoleon's first abdication · Wikipedia: Horace Vernet
Print facts
- Native resolution
- 4,961 × 3,701 px
- Sharp at 150 ppi up to
- 33 × 24 in
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- Small (20 × 15 in) · $100 · 247 ppi
Medium (24 × 18 in) · $150 · 206 ppi
Large (36 × 27 in) · $300 · 137 ppi - Price includes
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