Luciano Bonaparte
Author:
François Xavier Fabre (1776 - 1837)
Type:
Painting
Year:
1808
Material and technique:
Oil on canvas
Size:
cm 68x50
Origin:
Collezione privata Primoli Giuseppe (fino al 1927)
Inventory:
inv. mn 528
Luciano Bonaparte è ritratto a mezzo busto, girato di tre quarti verso la destra di chi guarda.
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During the years of the Directoire and the Consulate, Luciano Bonaparte, Napoleon’s brother, had taken on important political roles, first as President of the Council of the Five hundred, then as Minister of the Interior and French Ambassador to Madrid. He had a decisive role in the coup d’etat on the “18 Brumaio” (8th November 1799), with which Napoleon was proclaimed First Consul.
