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Collection Online as of December 20, 2025

Portrait of Joséphine de Beauharnais, Empress of the French

c. 1806

Daniel Saint

(French, 1778–1847)
France, early 19th Century
watercolor on ivory in a gilt metal and enamel frame with silver backing
Framed: 5.2 x 4.6 cm (2 1/16 x 1 13/16 in.); Unframed: 3.9 x 2.8 cm (1 9/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
The Edward B. Greene Collection 1940.1218
Location: Not on view
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, and Edward Belden Greene. Portrait Miniatures ; The Edward B. Greene Collection. 1951. Mentioned: p. 37, cat. 77, p. 11; Reproduced: plate XXXVIII archive.org
  • Disembodied: Portrait Minatures and their Contemporary Relatives. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 10, 2013-February 16, 2014).
    Intimate Images: Portrait Miniatures from Europe and America. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 26-October 17, 1993).
    Cleveland, Lakewood Civic Art Gallery, April 18-July 16, 1973: Miniatures in Art (no cat.)
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