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NAPOLEONICA LA REVUE

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IN PICTURES

The Empress Josephine, head study

Artist: PRUD'HON Pierre Paul (1758-1823)

Technique: black and white pencils, stumped on blue paper

Place:Paris, Musée du Louvre, Arts graphiques department

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

Key words: portrait, woman, three-quarters, face, empress, diadems, Beauharnais

Notes:

Study for the painting 'The Empress Josephine in the park at Malmaison'

H. 0.42; L. 0.265m (leaf, irregular borders)
H. 0.322; L. 0.248 (central part)

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