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Postcard 1900s David Distribution des Aigles Napoleon Versailles Museum LL
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Pre-linen · 1907

Postcard 1900s David Distribution des Aigles Napoleon Versailles Museum LL

Versailles, France1907Pre-linenGood

Rendered in rich sepia halftone, this stately art-reproduction card captures Jacques-Louis David's monumental canvas La Distribution des Aigles par Napoléon (1810) as displayed in the Musée de Versailles — Napoleon's outstretched arm distributing imperial eagle standards to his marshals and troops fills the frame with pageantry and neoclassical grandeur. Published by the celebrated Parisian house Lévy & Fils (LL) and printed by Étienne & Neurdein Réunis, 44 Rue Letellier, Paris, this is a quintessential example of the high-quality French museum reproduction postcard that flooded the market during the Edwardian golden age of collecting. The reverse carries the full multi-language international postcard designation (English, French, German, Dutch, Italian, Russian, Spanish) indicating production for the export market, and the card was never sent. David's epic painting, commissioned by Napoleon himself, remains one of the most visited works at Versailles.

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PC-04940 · LL (Lévy & Fils) / Étienne & Neurdein Réunis, Paris
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