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Farewell of Napoleon and Alexander after the Peace of Tilsit
ArtistGioacchino Giuseppe Serangeli
Year1810
TypeOil on canvas, history painting
Dimensions351 cm × 510 cm (138 in × 200 in)
LocationPalace of Versailles, Versailles

Farewell of Napoleon and Alexander after the Peace of Tilsit (French: Adieux de Napoléon et d'Alexandre après la paix de Tilsitt) is an 1810 history painting by the Italian artist Gioacchino Giuseppe Serangeli. It depicts Napoleon, Emperor of France bidding farewell to the Russian ruler Alexander I on 9 July 1807 following the agreement of the Peace of Tilsit.

Napoleon having first met Alexander on a raft in the middle of the Neman on 25 June, the two men had struck up a close bond. They negotiated the end of the War of the Fourth Coalition in which Napoleon had decisively defeat Russia and its Prussian allies. Alexander agreed to join Napoleon's Continental System directed at France's principal enemy Britian.

Also included in the painting are the French foreign minister Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord and Joachim Murat, Napoleon's brother-in-law and a noted cavalry commander. It was exhibited at the Salon of 1810 in Paris. Today it is in the collection of the Palace of Versailles.

References

  1. Cantarel-Besson, Constans & Foucart p.107
  2. Casali & Chanteranne p.119
  3. Lentz & Bruley p.293
  4. https://pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/joconde/000PE004999

Bibliography

  • Casali, Dimitri & Chanteranne, David. Napoléon par les peintres. Seuil, 2009.
  • Cantarel-Besson, Yveline, Constans, Claire & Foucart, Bruno. Napoléon: images et histoire : peintures du Château de Versailles, 1789-1815. Réunion des musées nationaux, 2001.
  • Lentz, Thierry & Bruley, Yves. Diplomaties au temps de Napoléon. CNRS editions, 2014.
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