ganymedesrocks: Circular plaque commemorating the Battle of Eylau, depicting Napoleon holding a fig

ganymedesrocks:

Circular plaque commemorating the Battle of Eylau, depicting Napoleon holding a figure of Victory, Sevres, 1809 (ceramic)

Marie Philippe Coupin de la Couperin, (1773-1851) - was a French painter, who after working on porcelain decorations in Sevres, became a painter in the “troubadour-style” It is at about the age of seven that he is said to have first met, who would be is lifelong friend and master, the painter Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson (1767 - 1824).

 Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France / Giraudon / The Bridgeman Art Library