[ÉTIENNE GUYOT (1766 - 1807)] NAPOLEON THE GREAT VISTING THE FIELD After THE BATTLE OF EYLAU Pietro Anderloni (1785 - 1849) (Engraver)

inscribed in plate 'A. Galliano inv., e disegno', 'A. Rinaldi impresse' (under the image lower left), 'Pietro Anderloni incise 1810', 'Gpe Longhi diresse, e termino' (under the image lower right) engraving, probably unique gilt frame decorated with a frieze of ovals and flowers, with inscription 'Donné par le Prince Eugène Vice-Roi d'Italie au Gle de Don Comte GUYOT (1812)' [Given by Prince Eugène Viceroy of Italy to the Gle de Don Comte GUYOT (1812)] 64 x 104 cm (plate), 70 x 113 cm (sheet) PROVENANCE: Étienne Guyot (1766 - 1807), French general during the Revolution and the Empire. At Eylau, at the head of the 1st regiment of chasseurs de la Garde, Guyot charged a mass of Russian infantry and crossed two enemy lines. After this affair, he joined the 2nd regiment of the Garde, whose colonel had been killed, and retained command of it until the peace of Tilsit. Eugène de Beauharnais and Guyot were both commanding officers of the Régiment des chasseurs à cheval de la Garde. Eugène was always very kind to Guyot, and was godfather to his son Eugène Guyot, a prefect under the Second Empire. This engraving was a gift from Eugène de Beauharnais to Guyot in 1812, a rare and historical souvenir. Osenat, L'Empire à Fontainebleau, souvenirs historiques tableaux, dessins, souvenirs de l'Empereur Napoléon 1er et de la famille impériale, armes de collection, 20.11.2016, lot 409