Portrait of General Horace Sebastiani
ca. 1823
Medium
Lithograph; first state of two
Dimensions
Sheet: 14 5/16 × 10 13/16 in. (36.3 × 27.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1922
Accession Number
22.57.7
Tags
Art Historical Context
This striking lithograph by Horace Vernet captures General Horace Sébastiani, a prominent French military leader and diplomat active during the Napoleonic Wars and the Bourbon Restoration. Created around 1823, the portrait reflects the turbulent political landscape of post-revolutionary France, when figures like Sébastiani navigated shifting allegiances between empire and monarchy. Vernet, renowned for his dynamic depictions of military life and contemporary events, brings a sense of immediacy and dignity to his subject, emphasizing both authority and humanity. As a lithograph in its first st...