Galerie du Musée Napoléon
Galerie du Musée Napoléon is a Paris publication of 1804, issued by Filhol under the Musée Napoléon, reproducing paintings from the national collection as engraved plates for a French art-loving public. The plates are rotated on the page, and they show classical and religious scenes: Moses saved from the waters, a seated sibyl with children, Terpsichore with a cherub, and Mercury and Cupid among clouds. A designer could take from them the crowded, cloud-lit compositions and the tight oval vignette format, both useful for framing figures in engraved line work.
