Napoleon I In Full Length

He is dressed in the city uniform of a colonel of the Grenadiers à Pied of the Imperial Guard (stockings, buckled shoes, straight lapels, boot-like cuffs).
He wears the Legion of Honour and the Iron Crown on his chest.
His right hand is tucked into his waistcoat. His left hand, folded behind his back, holds his snuffbox.
On the ground, to his right, his hat rests on a copy of the Civil Code.
The general morphology of the subject suggests that Napoleon is represented as he was towards the end of the Empire.
The base bears the inscription "NAPOLEON" on the front, on the left is engraved the name of the sculptor "A.BARRE Fct (i.e fecit) 1838", on the right is the number of the edition "A.BARRE 12", finally on the back is inscribed the name of the founders "Richard Eck and Durand Fdeurs".

Jean-Auguste Barre: born in Paris on September 25, 1811 and died in the same city on February 4, 1896, is a French sculptor and medalist. He created, among others, for King Louis-Philippe the recumbent statue of his mother the Duchess of Orléans for the royal chapel of Dreux, his fame grew during the Second Empire. In the 1850s, thanks to his skillful and flattering talent, he was the favorite portraitist of the imperial court, of which he executed many portraits.