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Maker(s):Giroux, Emile; Lethière, Guillaume, after
Culture:French (19th century); French (1760-1832)
Title:Joséphine (Marie-Françoise Tascher de la Pagerie) Impératrice des Français Reine d'Italie
Date Made:1814
Type:Print
Materials:etching
Measurements:sheet: 13 7/8 x 10 1/16 in.; 35.2 x 25.6 cm; image: 9 5/8 x 6 1/8 in.; 24.5 x 15.6 cm
Accession Number:  AC 2003.39
Credit Line:Museum Purchase
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Label Text:
Painted portraits of the empress, ultimately intended for a more exclusive audience, were often exhibited at the Salon and copied in painted versions and as prints, the art form through which her image was most widely disseminated. These prints are after official painted portraits by Gérard and Lethière. The proliferation of the image of the empress in the private as well as the public domain helped to secure the legitimacy of her royal identity.

Subjects:
Etching

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