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The Empress Josephine

Artist: CARTELLIER Pierre (1757-1831)

Technique: marble

Place:Rueil-Malmaison, church of Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul

Subjects: Josephine (Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de la Pagerie)(1763-1814), Sculpture

Key words: statue, woman, kneeling, tomb, funerary, church, Berthault

Credits: Fondation Napoléon

Notes:

This statue of Josephine rests on her tomb in the church
of Rueil-Malmaison. Cartellier immortalised her
in the famous pose of David's painting of the coronation.

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