DANIEL SAINT (1778-1847)

Emperor Napoleon I (1769-1821), facing right in the uniform of the National Guard, red-piped blue coat with red collar and gold epaulettes, wearing the red sash and breast-star of the Grand Eagle of the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour and the badge of the Imperial Order of the Iron Crown of Lombardy, black stock, curly dark hair, cloud and sky background

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DANIEL SAINT (1778-1847)
Emperor Napoleon I (1769-1821), facing right in the uniform of the National Guard, red-piped blue coat with red collar and gold epaulettes, wearing the red sash and breast-star of the Grand Eagle of the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour and the badge of the Imperial Order of the Iron Crown of Lombardy, black stock, curly dark hair, cloud and sky background
with pencil signature and date 'Isabey. 1813' (upper right)
oval, 2 in. (52 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount on a rectangular velvet panel within a rectangular gilt-bronze frame stamped with stylized palmettes alternating with lotus flowers on a sabl ground

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This miniature was painted when Saint used to work in Isabey's studio, satisfying the Imperial commands for miniatures of Napoleon to be set on presentation snuff-boxes. These miniatures were painted by Isabey's assistants and often signed by the master himself.

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