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Nicolas Monfort (French, fl.1840) after Antoine Charles Horace Vernet (French, 1758-1836)

A Farewell to Napoléon at the Château de Fontainebleau, 30th April 1814.

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Nicolas Monfort (French, fl.1840) after Antoine Charles Horace Vernet (French, 1758-1836)
A Farewell to Napoléon at the Château de Fontainebleau, 30th April 1814.
oil on canvas
28½ x 39½ in. (72.5 x 100.3 cm.)

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Lot Essay

Monfort was a pupil of Vernet who painted the original 'Les adieuses de Napoléon au Château de Fontainebleau.' This lot is a copy after this work and shows General Petit embracing the Emperor Napoléon surrounded by his elite troops in the courtyard of the Château.

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