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The Empress Joséphine
Joséphine de Beauharnais was the widow of an executed general when she met Napoléon Bonaparte, who was her junior by six years. Joséphine was his first wife, and she became Empress in 1804. In this bust she is wearing her coronation gown. The lace and the pearls of the tiara are exquisitely reproduced. The ceremonial character of the portrait did not deter the artist from following the revealing E…
Creator
- Joseph Chinard
- Joseph Chinard
Type of item
- Visual Works (hierarchy name)
- Visual arts
Creator
- Joseph Chinard
- Joseph Chinard
Type of item
- Visual Works (hierarchy name)
- Visual arts
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Rights
- Nationalmuseum, Sweden
Provenance
- Gåva 1873 av Änkedrottning Joséphine
Identifier
- NMSk 647
- 26995
Extent
- Mått 72 cm
Format
- Marble
- Marble
Providing country
- Sweden
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2017-01-11T14:10:09.910Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2017-01-11T14:27:36.987Z