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Source Description
This miniature is likely a copy after Isabey's miniature of the Empress Josephine of ca. 1808. She is show wearing a white standing "Medici" collar, one of her favorite garments. Her costume, which is white with gold frogging, generally recalls Renaissance styles. Gauzy veils flow around her head and over her bodice as if blown by the wind. A version of this miniature can be found in the Wallace Collection, London.
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Document identity
localId
29945
label
Empress Josephine, Wife of Napoleon I
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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2
Source metadata
id
29945
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Empress Josephine, Wife of Napoleon I
description
This miniature is likely a copy after Isabey's miniature of the Empress Josephine of ca. 1808. She is show wearing a white standing "Medici" collar, one of her favorite garments. Her costume, which is white with gold frogging, generally recalls Renaissance styles. Gauzy veils flow around her head and over her bodice as if blown by the wind. A version of this miniature can be found in the Wallace Collection, London.
provenance
Collection of the Marquis de Biron [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; probably Philippe Sichel, Paris [date and mode of acqisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, probably 1892, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, 1931, by bequest.
date
after 1808
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
miniatures (paintings)
portraits
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
13.3
height
9.3
dimensionsRaw
H: 5 1/4 x W: 3 11/16 in. (13.3 x 9.3 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] At right: Isabey
med
watercolor on paper
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6958
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none
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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893daf1d1e530408
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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214489d4ae413073
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no
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no