1943.1024: Empress Joséphine (1763-1814), after Chinard

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1943.1024

People

Unidentified Artist
After Joseph Chinard, French

Title

Empress Joséphine (1763-1814), after Chinard

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Bust of Josephine as Empress

Classification

Sculpture

Work Type

sculpture

Date

1806

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/230045

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Hard paste porcelain (bisque)

Dimensions

23.5 x 15.6 x 11 cm (9 1/4 x 6 1/8 x 4 5/16 in.)
with base: 30.5 x 15.6 x 11 cm (12 x 6 1/8 x 4 5/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• label: bottom of base, black ink and paper, handwritten: 11

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[E. F. Bonaventure, Inc., New York], sold; to Grenvill Lindall Winthrop, New York, 1927, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.1024

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• H. Wade White, "A Significant Addition to the Museum's Napoleonic Collection", Fogg Art Museum Newsletter, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1964), vol. II, no. 1, unpaginated
• Dorothy W. Gillerman, ed., Grenville L. Winthrop: Retrospective for a Collector, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, 1969), no. 141, repr.

Exhibition History

• Grenville L. Winthrop: Retrospective for a Collector, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 01/23/1969 - 03/31/1969
• France and the Portrait, 1799-1870, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/03/1994 - 01/29/2002

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