Artiste(s):

unknown maker

after PRUD'HON, Pierre Paul (1758-1823)

Titre anglais composé:

Empress Josephine.

Titre inscrit:

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.

Travail Original:

L'Impératrice Joséphine.

by

Prud'hon, Pierre Paul (1758-1823)

1805

. Oil on canvas; 244 x 179 cm; Musée national du Louvre.

Sujet(s):

Joséphine de Beauharnais, Empress of the French (1763-1814)

Technique:

etching

Serie:

L'Eau-forte, plate 25.

Dimensions:

194 x 256 mm (plate mark) ; 236 x 314 mm (sheet)

Type de papier:

wove paper

Condition:

fine

Note spécifique à l'exemplaire:

printed in greyish-blue ink ; recto, lower right, in pencil, nearly erased : "2-" ; verso, tape along one side

Notes de McGill:

Pennington Catalogue p. 1998

Œuvres associées:

PRUD'HON, Pierre Paul (1758-1823); 'L'Impératrice Joséphine.'

Cote:

8° O X 002