Napoleon Selling Stolen Goods, 1813

Satirical print on the fall of Napoleon after the lost battle of Leipzig in 1813. Napoleon as an auctioneer selling the stolen crowns of European countries. In the center, the French general Berthier holds up the Spanish crown for sale. On the right representatives of European countries. In the foreground a British sailor and a fat Dutchman. Behind them the king of Württemberg, a Russian Cossack and a Prussian hussar. A standing Spaniard reaches for the crown. On the ground a pile of crowns and documents that will still be offered for sale. Behind Napoleon stands his wife Marie Louise with their son Napoleon II, the King of Rome, with an ape's head.