# Equestrian Portrait of of Emperor Napoleon I

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## Artwork

- Artist: [VERNET, Carle](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vernet-carle-rba1234942c7747>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 134 x 112 cm

## Commentary

By tradition, this painting was given by Napoleon to General Anne Jean Marie René Savary, Duke of Rovigo \(1774-1833\). Savary&#39;s devotion to Emperor Napoleon was unquestioned, and he was among the last to desert him at his abdication on 11 April 1814. The painting is signed lower left: Carle. Vernet. &lt;P&gt; &lt;TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR=&#34;\#99CCCC&#34;&gt; &lt;TR VALIGN=MIDDLE&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;IMG SRC=&#34;/support/gif/listen.gif&#34; BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE&gt; Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 51 minutes\):&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A HREF=&#34;\#&#34; onClick=&#34;w=window.open \(&#39;/music1/beethoven/beethoven\_symphony3.html&#39;, &#39;newWin&#39;, &#39;scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350&#39;\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true&#34;&gt;&lt;B&gt;Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 \(Eroica\) in E Flat major op. 55 \(1803\)&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;

## Related artworks

- [A General with his Aide de Camp](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vernet-carle-rba1234942c7747/a-general-with-his-aide-de-camp-r4665b66e8f0805>)
- [A Mameluk Leading His Horse](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vernet-carle-rba1234942c7747/a-mameluk-leading-his-horse-rb1df899286efa4>)
- [Arrival of Emigres with the Duchess of Berry on the French Coast](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vernet-carle-rba1234942c7747/arrival-of-emigres-with-the-duchess-of-berry-on-the-french-coast-r709e9ad52dd47c>)
- [Equestrian Portrait of Napoleon](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vernet-carle-rba1234942c7747/equestrian-portrait-of-napoleon-r39e6864abdc866>)
- [Napoleon on a Hunt in the Forest of Compiègne](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vernet-carle-rba1234942c7747/napoleon-on-a-hunt-in-the-forest-of-compigne-r529d7440677758>)
- [Return from the Hunt](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vernet-carle-rba1234942c7747/return-from-the-hunt-r43950f131f263e>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)