The King of Rome in the form of sleeping Cupid

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon1811

Fondazione Museo Glauco Lombardi
Parma, Italy

The canvas, imbued with neo-Correggesque references, presents the little Francesco Napoleone as he sleeps in a forest: plant elements and colors take on symbolic value. A similar version of Prud’hon is also kept at the Musée du Louvre in Paris.

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Title: The King of Rome in the form of sleeping Cupid
Creator: Pierre-Paul Prud'hon
Date Created: 1811
Location: Salone delle Feste, Museo Glauco Lombardi
Physical Dimensions: cm 42 x 54,2
Type: Paintings
Rights: Fondazione Museo Glauco Lombardi
Medium: Oil on canvas
Inventory number: 22

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