File:Andrea Appiani - Nicolas Frochot.jpg

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Nicolas Frochot (1806)

Summary

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Andrea Appiani: Portrait of Count Nicholas Frochot (not Etienne Pierre, Graf Mejan)  wikidata:Q98150047 reasonator:Q98150047
Artist
Andrea Appiani  (1754–1817)  wikidata:Q493349 s:it:Autore:Andrea Appiani q:it:Andrea Appiani
 
Andrea Appiani
Alternative names
Andrea Appiani the Elder
Description Italian painter and sculptor
Date of birth/death 23 May 1754 Edit this at Wikidata 8 November 1817 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Milan Edit this at Wikidata Milan Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Milan Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q493349
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Portrait de Nicolas Frochot, ou, Portrait de Pierre Etienne, comte Mejan
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Depicted people Nicolas Frochot Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1806
date QS:P571,+1806-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 99.5 cm (39.1 in); width: 74 cm (29.1 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,99.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,74U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1799857
Current location
Birmingham Museums Trust
Accession number
1976P98
Notes
English: This portrait almost certainly portrays Nicholas Thérèse Benôit Frochot, Prefect of the Seine Department and Paris (b. Dijon 1761, d. 1828, buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris). As Councillor of State, he was a favourite of Napoleon who maintained him as senior Prefect of the Empire. When Napoleon was on campaign in Russia, Frochot was, in effect, his deputy. In 1812, General Mallet attempted a coup d'état claiming that Napoleon had been killed or captured in Russia. Frochot believed him and allowed Mallet to take over powers of the Prefecture. He was dismissed by the Emperor on his return but rehabilitated with another Prefecture in 1815.
In this portrait, he wears the orders of the Legion d'honneur and the Iron Crown. He writes a letter which he starts 'Altesse Imperiale', his arm resting on books by his friend and protégé, Mirabeau. The portrait bust is almost certainly Eugene de Beauharnais, Viceroy of Italy, who was Napoleon's stepson. The sitter is probably addressing the letter to him. A letter addressed to Frochot is seen under the inkwell.
References
Source/Photographer nicepaintings.org

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