Artist(s):
after PRUD'HON, Pierre Paul (1758-1823)
Composed Title English:
Empress Josephine.
Inscribed Title:
L'Impératrice Joséphine
Inscription:
Gravé et Imprimé par L'Atelier d'Art // Prud'hon pinx // L'Eau-forte // PL.25
Description:
Full-length portrait of Josephine, seated with legs outstretched, her left arm, which supports her head, resting on the back of her seat. A romantic image in which the Empress looks pensive. Based on the portrait by Prud'hon.
Original Work:
byPrud'hon, Pierre Paul (1758-1823)
. Oil on canvas; 244 x 179 cm; Musée national du Louvre.Subject Heading(s):
Joséphine de Beauharnais, Empress of the French (1763-1814)
Medium:
etching
Series:
L'Eau-forte, plate 25.
Dimensions:
194 x 256 mm (plate mark) ; 236 x 314 mm (sheet)
Paper Type:
wove paper
Condition:
fine
Copy Specific:
printed in greyish-blue ink ; recto, lower right, in pencil, nearly erased : "2-" ; verso, tape along one side
McGill Notes:
Pennington Catalogue p. 1998
Related Works:
PRUD'HON, Pierre Paul (1758-1823); 'L'Impératrice Joséphine.'
LocNo:
8° O X 002