portrait of Joséphine de Beauharnais, née Tascher de la Pagerie; 23 June 1763 – 29 May 1814)
She was the first wife of Napoleon I, and thus the first Empress of the French.

Her first husband Alexandre de Beauharnais was guillotined during the Reign of Terror, and she was imprisoned in the Carmes prison until her release five days after Alexandre's execution.
Through her daughter, Hortense, she was the maternal grandmother of Napoléon III.
Through her son, Eugène, she was the great-grandmother of later Swedish and Danish kings and queens.
The reigning houses of Belgium, Norway and Luxembourg also descend from her.
She did not bear Napoleon any children; as a result, he divorced her in 1810 to marry Marie Louise of Austria.
Joséphine was the recipient of numerous love letters written by Napoleon, many of which still exist.
Her Château de Malmaison was noted for its magnificent rose garden, which she supervised closely, owing to her passionate interest in roses, collected from all over the world.

backside information "josephine III"

painting: waterbased on an ivory chip
not signed, but made by a great master
probably of Italian origin
numerous fine details
preservation: excellent
a fine portrait of this collection
frame: four lobed of ivory chips,
decorated ring and simple triangular suspension eyelet
frame in superb state
curved glass
internal dimension ring: vertical 39 mm.
thicknes frame: 11mm
vertical dimension frame: 91 mm (max)




stock number 295