Jean Baptiste Isabey
Napoléon Bonaparte

CultureFrench
Titles
  • Napoléon Bonaparte
Datec. 1804
MediumWatercolor on ivory, 18k yellow gold, wood, and glass
DimensionsOverall: 2 5/8 × 1 9/16 in. (6.7 × 4 cm)
Frame: 4 5/8 × 3 9/16 in. (11.7 × 9 cm)
Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, bequest of Caroline A. Ross
Object number2005.1644
Not on view

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Department
Rienzi
Provenance[Augustus Decorative Arts, Ltd., New York]; purchased by Caroline A. Ross, October 10, 2001; bequeathed to MFAH, 2005.
Exhibition History"Love Tokens: Portrait Miniatures from the Caroline A. Ross Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Alice Pratt Brown Gallery and Rienzi; Drawing Room, November 3, 2007-March 3, 2008.

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