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05 May 2021 - 10:00 (CEST) -
9-11, rue Royale - 77300 Fontainebleau
Napoleon and Josephine’s flame has never gone out, as attested by these mementos of their reign.
Jean-Baptiste Regnault (1754-1829), Portrait de l’impératrice Josephine portant le diadème du sacre orné de diamants et d’émeraudes (Portrait of Empress Josephine Wearing the Coronation Diadem Decorated with Diamonds and Emeralds), oil on canvas, red wax seal with the arms of Almeida and Ferreira de Luis Augusto Ferreira de Almeida (1817-1900), First Count of Carvalhido, gilt wood and stucco Empire frame, 60 x 48.5 cm/23.6 x 19 in. With frame: 82 x 72 cm/32.3 x 28.3 in. Result: €262,500
Jean-Baptiste Regnault (1754-1829), Portrait de l’impératrice Josephine portant le diadème du sacre orné de diamants et d’émeraudes (Portrait of Empress Josephine Wearing the Coronation Diadem Decorated with Diamonds and Emeralds), oil on canvas, red wax seal with the arms of Almeida and Ferreira de Luis Augusto Ferreira de Almeida (1817-1900), First Count of Carvalhido, gilt wood and stucco Empire frame, 60 x 48.5 cm/23.6 x 19 in. With frame: 82 x 72 cm/32.3 x 28.3 in. Result: €262,500
Josephine’s sweet face commemorated the bicentenary of Napoleon I’s death at this two-day auction marked by nine preemptions by the Musée National de la Voiture at the Château de Compiègne , the Musée des Arts Décoratifs , and the Châteaux of Versailles , Fontainebleau and Malmaison .
After preempting various vehicle models from the same auction house on April…
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