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Hortense de Beauharnais, Queen of Holland
Hortense Eugénie Cécile Bonaparte (née de Beauharnais) was the stepdaughter of Emperor Napoleon I, and daughter of Josephine Beauharnais (the Empress Josephine). She later became the wife of the Napoleon's brother, Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland. She was the mother of Napoleon III.
This miniature is likely a copy after a work by Isabey.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Collection of the Marquis de Biron [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; probably Philippe Sichel, Paris [date and mode of acqisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, probably 1892, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
France (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 5 1/4 x W: 3 11/16 in. (13.3 x 9.4 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired via George Lucas from Philippe Sichel, Paris, 1892
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
38.62