Saule Pleureur Imperiale with hidden silhouettes of Napoleon and his family
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 5/16 × 10 7/8 in. (23.6 × 27.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Glenn Tilley Morse Collection, Bequest of Glenn Tilley Morse, 1950
Accession Number
50.602.204
Tags
About the Artist
Anonymous|Marel|Prince Eugène de Beauharnais, Herzog von Leuchtenberg|Napoléon II, King of Rome and Duke of Reichstadt|Napoléon Bonaparte|Joséphine Bonaparte|Empress Marie Louise of France
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