Napoleon - An Intimate Portrait


Sketch for the painting “Le Belleser” (Belisarius)

Sketch for the painting “Le Belleser” (Belisarius)

Baron François Gérard - c. 1805-6

Baron Gérard dedicated this sketch to Talleyrand. It depicts 6th-century General Belisarius, who was one of the greatest military leaders of his time. His success brought him enemies though, and he was incriminated in a plot against the Emperor Justinian. For this, Belisarius was ordered blinded and stripped of all his possessions, reducing him to a beggar in the streets of Byzantium, where he had once commanded Roman armies.

Historical Provenance - Castle of Valençay collection



NAPOLEONIC WAR FRENCH PRESENT OFFICER - BODYGUARD SWORD / CIVIL WAR CONFEDERATE picture

NAPOLEONIC WAR FRENCH PRESENT OFFICER - BODYGUARD SWORD / CIVIL WAR CONFEDERATE

$9000.00



Napoleonic War Period 1796 P Heavy Cavalry Officer'c Dress Sword picture

Napoleonic War Period 1796 P Heavy Cavalry Officer'c Dress Sword

$7550.00



NAPOLEONIC GARDE DE BATTAILLE SWORD FROM KING WILLIAM BODYGUARD USED AT WATERLOO picture

NAPOLEONIC GARDE DE BATTAILLE SWORD FROM KING WILLIAM BODYGUARD USED AT WATERLOO

$6895.00



French ambassador sword in the Napoleonic era at the beginning of the 19th  picture

French ambassador sword in the Napoleonic era at the beginning of the 19th

$5000.00



Massive French Napoleonic era CORPS IMPERIAL DU GENIE Pioneer Axe (sword,dagger) picture

Massive French Napoleonic era CORPS IMPERIAL DU GENIE Pioneer Axe (sword,dagger)

$4500.00



NAPOLEONIC BRITISH FRENCH MAMELUKE SWORD SHAMSHIR HIGH RANKING OFFICER CA 1790 picture

NAPOLEONIC BRITISH FRENCH MAMELUKE SWORD SHAMSHIR HIGH RANKING OFFICER CA 1790

$3895.00



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A Traveling Exhibition from Russell Etling Company (c) 2011