"Le petit homme rouge berçant son fils"

The print is part of a group of etchings (inv. 2714-2767) from the same provenance which have been loaned to the Museum for an indefinite period.
Originally from Germany and spread throughout Europe, the image of the devil cradling a napoleon in swaddling clothes is perhaps the most effective among the anti-Bonapartist prints that underlined the bond of the emperor with Satan; the inverted quote from the Gospel is also very incisive: "Here is my beloved son, who has given me so much satisfaction".