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Source Description
A French inscription on the back of this miniature identifies the subject as "Marie Louise, Archduchess of Austria, Empress of the French, and Queen of Italy, painted by L. Mansion, [i.e. André-Léon Larue] 2 October 1812." The daughter of Francis I, Emperor of Austria, Marie-Louise (1791-1847) became Napoleon's second wife in 1810, after he divorced Joséphine de Beauharnais, who could not bear him children. After Napoleon's death in 1821, Marie Louise remarried twice. Mansion, a pupil of Jean-Baptiste Isabey, painted miniatures in both Paris and London. The sitter wears a red velvet dress embroidered with flowers, edged with white lace, a pearl necklace and earrings, and a gold diadem set with pearls.
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Document identity
localId
14232
label
Empress Marie Louise
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obj
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object
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Source metadata
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14232
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contentType
object
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normalized
title
Empress Marie Louise
description
A French inscription on the back of this miniature identifies the subject as "Marie Louise, Archduchess of Austria, Empress of the French, and Queen of Italy, painted by L. Mansion, [i.e. André-Léon Larue] 2 October 1812." The daughter of Francis I, Emperor of Austria, Marie-Louise (1791-1847) became Napoleon's second wife in 1810, after he divorced Joséphine de Beauharnais, who could not bear him children. After Napoleon's death in 1821, Marie Louise remarried twice. Mansion, a pupil of Jean-Baptiste Isabey, painted miniatures in both Paris and London. The sitter wears a red velvet dress embroidered with flowers, edged with white lace, a pearl necklace and earrings, and a gold diadem set with pearls.
provenance
William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1812
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Miniatures
miniatures (paintings)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
5.4
height
3.1
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 1/8 × W: 1 3/16 in. (5.4 × 3.05 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] Mansion; [Date] 1812; [Transcription] On back: Marie Louise
Archiduchesse d'Autriche
Imperatrice des Francais et Reine d'Italie
peint par L. Mansion 2 octobre 1812; [Translation] On back: Marie Louise
Archduchess of Austria
Empress of the French
and Queen of Italy
painted by L. Mansion
2 October 1812
med
enamel on copper, gold frame
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3538
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EAN
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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1fae333914894b8f