The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of January 29, 2023

Portrait of Joséphine de Beauharnais, Empress of the French

c. 1806

Daniel Saint

(French, 1778–1847)

France, early 19th Century

Watercolor on ivory in a gilt metal and enamel frame with silver backing

Framed: 5.2 x 4.6 cm (2 1/16 x 1 13/16 in.); Unframed: 3.9 x 2.8 cm (1 9/16 x 1 1/8 in.)

The Edward B. Greene Collection 1940.1218

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

signed right: Saint.

Exhibition history

Cleveland, Lakewood Civic Art Gallery, April 18-July 16, 1973: Miniatures in Art (no cat.)

Intimate Images: Portrait Miniatures from Europe and America. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 26-October 17, 1993).

Disembodied: Portrait Minatures and their Contemporary Relatives. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 10, 2013-February 16, 2014).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1940.1218