Bust of Empress Josephine

Joseph Chinard1805

This bust of the Empress Josephine was sculpted in Milan in 1805 when she accompanied Napoleon to that city for his coronation as the King of Italy.

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Title: Bust of Empress Josephine
Creator: Joseph Chinard (French, 1756-1825)
Date Created: 1805
Physical Dimensions: Overall: 29.6 x 17 x 11 cm (11 5/8 x 6 11/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
Provenance: Comte Penha Longa (Paris, France);, Possibly sold, Penha Longa sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, December 2, 1911, to André J. Seligman, Possibly André J. Seligman (Paris, France), possibly by inheritance to his son and daughter-in-law Germain and Ethlyne J. Seligman., Possibly Germain and Ethlyne J. Seligman, upon his death, by inheritance to Ethlyne J. Seligman., Ethlyne J. Seligman, upon her death, held in trust by the estate., Estate of Ethlyne J. Seligman, by bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1994.
Type: Sculpture
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1994.125
Medium: terracotta
Inscriptions: inscribed on front of base in ligature: "chinard a milan"; inscribed on back of base in ligature: "chinard/de/l'institut m(al?)/membre de plusiere [sp]/ academies/milan-an l (3?)"
Department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Culture: France, 19th century
Credit Line: Bequest of Ethlyne J. Seligman
Collection: Mod Euro - Sculpture 1800-1960
Accession Number: 1994.125

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