(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
Cast: 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) |