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Who is who on this painting? Though not being identical twins Napoléon and Lucien bore a clear resmblance to each other. As far as I know they had about the same hight and figure. The shape of their faces where the same as well as their hair. Their chins and lips where identical, but Lucin had a longer nose and much lager eyes. The eye colour was also different: Napoléon's eys were gray while Lucien's were brown. This image is not detailed enogh to tell the eye colour. The guy to the left clearly have small eyes, but it is hard to tell on the other. The guy to the right have a longer nose but also seem to have a suntan. As Lucien worked indoors he would not have any. (Sunbathing had not become facsionable jet.) Napoléon had probably just returned from Egypt. The journey to Paris would have taken several weeks but he would have spent much time outdoors. So he would have had at least as much suntan as after a regular campaign. Anyone having a clue?

2006-11-14 Lena Synnerholm, Märsta, Sweden.

I had an intelectual discussion with my uncle who happen to be a historican. We concluded that the guy to the left is Napoléon and he to the right is Lucien. His darker skin colour is not due to suntan: it is because his face is less illuminated. I think this painting was made during the 1830s. By then Napoléon was dead but Lucien still alive. Lucien was painted after living model while contempuary portraits served as a model for Napoléon. That explains why the porprotions of their faces is not the same: Napoléon's yaws have been minimized but not Lucien's. The artist was ether not aware of this kind of beautification or was unable to compensate for it. Lucien apear to be bald wich he would not be at the age of 24. That was probably an error by the artist trying to make him look much younger. Also, there is two mustashed persons on the painting. In reality, mustashes was rare before 1830. By then they had been out of facsion for at least a centuary. The age of 19th century history paintings is often reveald by such contempuary details, wich I frequently spot.

2006-12-04 Lena Synnerholm, Märsta, Sweden.

The article on Napoleon says that this image is a "detail of an oleo by François Bouchot"

25th July 2007 David Forster, UK