The Empress Josephine, Kneeling to Receive the Imperial Crown; verso: Faint Sketch of Hortense de Beauharnais, the Princess Louis, Holding the Hand of Her Son, Prince Napoleon-Charles
1805-1806
Artists
Dimensions
23.7 x 17.9 cm (9 5/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Provenance
Jacques-Louis David, David Estate sale, Paris, A. N. Pérignon, 1826. sale, April 17, 1826, lot 75 or 79 Duchesse de Bassano, to her daughter Mlle de Bassano. Mademoiselle de Bassano. Martin Birnbaum, purchased from Mlle de Bassano, 1937, for Grenville L. Winthrop. Grenville Lindall Winthrop, purchased 1937, bequest to Fogg, 1943.
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