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Joséphine de Beauharnais

(1763–1814)
Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie
dite Joséphine de Beauharnais
Empress consort of the French (1804–1810)
First Lady of the Italian Republic (1802–1805)

Works commissioned by her:

Gros, Antoine-Jean (1771-1835)
Bonaparte au pont d’Arcole
late 1796-early 1797
Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg

 

 

Works in her Art Collection:

Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530)
Madonna col Bambino e i Santi Caterina, Elisabetta e Giovanni Battista
1513
Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg

 

 

Canova, Antonio (1757-1822)
Amore e Psiche
1800–1803
Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg

 

 

Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712)
Street in Cologne
first half of the 1600s
Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg

 

 

Joséphine in Film:

Désirée
1954
Director: Henry Koster
Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons

 

Born June 23 1763 Les Trois-Îlets, Martinique (France)
Died May 29 1814 Château de Malmaison, Rueil-Malmaison (France)
Husband Napoléon Bonaparte (1769-1821)

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