I ritratti di Napoleone dipinti da Andrea Appiani: un inedito e alcune precisazioni
Abstract
Andrea Appiani (1754‑1817) was the inventor of Napoleon’s iconography in Italy, whose myth he shaped through the portraits he dedicated to him. These paintings show the different iconographic approaches that Bonaparte gave to his image over time. This essay compares the well-known portraits of Napoleon painted by Appiani with a significant unpublished canvas, setting out specific circumstances and dates from archival documents and ancient sources beneath the lens of previous bibliography.
Submitted: June 15, 2023 | Accepted: June 23, 2023 | Published Dec. 4, 2023 | Language: it
Keywords Antoine-Jean Gros • Napoleon • Portrait • Andrea Appiani • Empire • Giuseppe Bossi • Jacques-Louis David • Milan • Neoclassicism
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