The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of January 30, 2023

Portrait of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French

1805

Ferdinand Quaglia

(Italian, 1780–1853)

Italy, 19th century

Watercolor on ivory in a gilt metal and enamel frame

Framed: 7.5 x 5.9 cm (2 15/16 x 2 5/16 in.); Unframed: 5.4 x 3.2 cm (2 1/8 x 1 1/4 in.)

The Edward B. Greene Collection 1953.426

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

signed upper left: quaglia

Exhibition history

Main Gallery Rotation (Gallery 202): April 6, 2009 - October 26, 2009.

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/1953.426