Ambition and Desire: The Dangerous Life of Josephine Bonaparte (63 page)

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Illustration Credits

  
i1.1
  François Pascal Simon, Baron Gérard (1770–1837),
Empress Josephine (1763–1814),
1808, oil on canvas. Château de Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, France / Giraudon / The Bridgeman Art Library.

  
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La Pagerie.
R.Ziff / 
Travel-Images.com
.

  
i1.3
  Unknown French painter of the David circle,
Alexandre de Beauharnais.

  
i1.4
  Gérard, François (1770–1837),
Portrait de la reine Hortense de Digitale Beauharnais (1783–1837) enfant.
Eighteenth century. Avignon, Musée Calvet. Peinture © 2013. White Images / Scala, Florence.

  
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Portrait de Son Altesse Impériale le prince Eugène Napoléon.
Copyright © RMN-Grand Palais (Musée des Châteaux de Malmaison et de Bois-Préau) / Michèle Bellot.

  
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Visite de Joséphine à son mari Alexandre à la prison du Luxembourg en 1794.
Copyright © RMN-Grand Palais (Musée des Châteaux de Malmaison et de Bois-Préau) / Daniel Arnaudet.

  
i1.7
  Bonaparte, Napoleon (1769–1821),
Letter to Josephine de Beauharnais (1795–96),
pen and ink on paper. Private Collection. Photo copyright © Christie’s Images / The Bridgeman Art Library.

  
i1.8
  Jean-Baptiste Isabey (1767–1855) (after),
Portrait of Thérésa de Cabarrus (1773–1835),
also known as
Madame Tallien,
printed by Boussod, Valadon and Company, 1895, colored lithograph. Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France / Giraudon / The Bridgeman Art Library.

  
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  Louis Blanc (1811–82),
Paul François Nicolas, Vicomte de Barras,
from
Histoire de la Revolution Française,
French School, nineteenth century, engraving. Private Collection / Ken Welsh / The Bridgeman Art Library.

i1.10
  James Gillray (1757–1815),
Ci-devant Occupations,
or
Madame Talian and the Empress Josephine Dancing Naked Before Barrass in the Winter of 1797,
etching with aquatint, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1805. Copyright © The Warden and Scholars of New College, Oxford / The Bridgeman Art Library.

i1.11
  Andrea Appiani, Andrea the Elder (1754–1817),
Portrait of Napoleon I Bonaparte (1769–1821),
1796, oil on board. Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan, Italy / De Agostini Picture Library / Copyright © Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana—Milano / The Bridgeman Art Library.

i1.12
  
Antonio Canova (1757–1822),
Three Graces,
marble. Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia / Cameraphoto Arte Venezia / The Bridgeman Art Library.

i1.13
  Baron Antoine-Jean Gros (1771–1835),
Napoleon I (1769–1821) on the Bridge of Arcole,
oil on canvas. Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia / The Bridgeman Art Library.

i1.14
  Robert Lefèvre (1755–1830),
The Empress Josephine, 1806,
oil on canvas. Apsley House, The Wellington Museum, London, U.K. / Copyright © English Heritage Photo Library / The Bridgeman Art Library.

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Premier Empire: Vue du château de Malmaison, façade sur le parc, 1805.
Copyright © Photo Scala, Florence.

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  Louis Garneray (1783–1857),
View of the Wooden Bridge on the River Near the Statue of Diane,
from
Views of Malmaison,
engraving; aquatint by Auguste Simon Garneray (1785–1824) (after). Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France / Archives Charmet / The Bridgeman Art Library.

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Le salon de musique au château de la Malmaison en 1812.
© Photo Scala, Florence.

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  Pierre-Francois-Leonard Fontaine and Charles Percier, architects, Dining room, Château de Malmaison, Rueil-Malmaison, France, nineteenth century. De Agostini Picture Library / G. Dagli Orti / The Bridgeman Art Library.

i1.19
  
Bedroom of Empress Josephine (1763–1814),
French School, nineteenth century, photo. Musée Nat. du Château de Malmaison, Rueil-Malmaison, France / Giraudon / The Bridgeman Art Library.

i1.20
  Baron Antoine-Jean Gros (1771–1835),
Josephine Tasher de la Pagerie (1763–1814), Empress of the French, Gazing at a Bust of Her Son Eugène de Beauharnais (1781–1824) at Malmaison,
1808, oil on canvas. Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Palais Massena, Nice, France / Giraudon / The Bridgeman Art Library.

i1.21
  Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825),
The Consecration of the Emperor Napoleon (1769–1821)
and the
Coronation of the Empress Josephine (1763–1814).
Pope Pius VII (1742–1823). December 2, 1804, 1807, oil on canvas (detail). Louvre, Paris, France / Giraudon / The Bridgeman Art Library.

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Le Sacre de Napoleon
(detail), 1804–1806. White Images / Scala, Florence.

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Robe de cour de l’impératrice Joséphine.
© RMN-Grand Palais (Musée des Châteaux de Malmaison et de Bois-Préau) / Gérard Blot.

i1.24
  
Le diadème (couronne) de l’impératrice Josephine de Beauharnais (Marie-Joseph-Rose de Tascher de la Pagerie) (1763–1814).
1804–1809. White Images / Scala, Florence.

i1.25
  Fleury François Richard (1777–1852),
Hortense de Beauharnais (1783–1837),
oil on canvas. Fondation Dosne-Thiers (Musée Frederic Masson) Paris, France / Giraudon / The Bridgeman Art Library.

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Portrait en pied d’Hortense de Beauharnais, reine de Hollande (1783–1837) et son fils Napoleon Charles, 1807.
Copyright © Photo Scala, Florence.

i1.27
  
Imperial Botany, or: A Peep at Josephine’s Collection.
The Bodleian Libraries, The University of Oxford, Curzon b. 30 (83).

i1.28
  
Divorce Statement of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821) and Empress Josephine (1763–1814) January 9, 1810,
nineteenth century, pen and ink on paper. Archives du Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres, Paris, France / Archives Charmet / The Bridgeman Art Library.

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François Pascal Simon, Baron Gérard (1770–1837),
Marie Louise (1791–1847) and the King of Rome (1811–32),
oil on canvas. Château de Versailles, France / Giraudon / The Bridgeman Art Library.

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Vue du château de Navarre.
Copyright © RMN-Grand Palais (Musée des Châteaux de Malmaison et de Bois-Préau) / Daniel Arnaudet.

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  Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780–1867),
Napoleon I (1769–1821) on the Imperial Throne, 1806,
oil on canvas. Musée de l’Armée, Paris, France / Giraudon / The Bridgeman Art Library.

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