Portrait of the Family of Lucien Bonaparte

Artists

Dimensions

41.2 x 53.2 cm (16 1/4 x 20 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Commissioned by Mme Lucien Bonaparte*; stolen from her prior to 1841. Sold [through Paris auction, December 18, 1838, commissaire-priseur M. Bonnefons, lot 38]; to Charles de Chatillon; returned by him to Mme Bonaparte, September 10, 1842, by descent; to her granddaughter and sole heir, Countess Zeffirino Faina, Perugia; acquired from her by Count Giuseppe Napoleone Primoli, Rome and Paris, 1903, sold; to [Galerie George Bernheim, Paris, by August 10, 1918]. Herman Heilburth, Copenhagen; Dansk Landmansbank, Copenhagen. Gorm Rasmussen, Sølyst, sold; to [Jacques Seligmann and Co., New York, March 11, 1936 (Lugt 3863)], sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, 1936, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943 *As this group portrait was commissioned by Mme Bonaparte in Rome while her husband was with his brother Napoleon during the Hundred Days, that is between March 20 and June 28, 1815, his name does not appear here as original owner, as in earlier references.