Artist(s):
after GROS, Antoine-Jean, baron (1771-1835)
Composed Title English:
Madame Lucien Bonaparte standing by a waterfall.
Description:
Full-length portrait in a landscape with waterfall of Lucien's wife Christine Boyer. She is clothed simply in a daydress, veil, and shawl, and stands with her arms crossed in front of her stomach. She looks wistfully down at a flower that she has dropped into the rushing current of the stream at her feet. After the posthumous portrait by Gros.
Original Work:
byGros, Antoine-Jean, baron (1771-1835)
. Oil on canvas; 214 x 134 cm; Louvre.Subject Heading(s):
Bonaparte, Christine Boyer, Madame Lucien (1773-1800)
Medium:
engraving
Dimensions:
221 x 139 mm (sheet)
Condition:
stained
Copy Specific:
recto, top right: "1ere femme de Lucien Bonaparte" ; top right: illegible writing ; bottom centre-right: illegible collector's markings ; verso: "Gros || Madame Lucien Bonaparte"
Provenance:
"1xa" collector
McGill Notes:
Pennington Catalogue p. 2242a
Variants:
8° P 008
Related Works:
GROS, Antoine-Jean, baron (1771-1835); 'Portrait de Christine Boyer.'
LocNo:
8° P 009