Title

'Portrait of Josephine', 1801. Artist: Francois Pascal Simon Gerard

Caption

'Portrait of Josephine', 1801. Detail. Josephine de Beauharnais (1763-1814) married Napoleon Bonaparte in 1798 and was crowned Empress of France in 1804. Josephine failed to provide Napoleon with a son, and in 1810 he had their marriage annulled so that he could marry Marie-Louise, daughter of Emperor Francis I of Austria. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg.

Date

1801

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Art Collector

Reference

HRM19E66_125

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,5Mb (1,8Mb) / 17,1in x 11,4in / 5144 x 3429 (300dpi)

Keywords

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