The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of August 11, 2022

Bust of Empress Josephine

1805

Joseph Chinard

(French, 1756-1825)

France, 19th century

Terracotta

Overall: 29.6 x 17 x 11 cm (11 5/8 x 6 11/16 x 4 5/16 in.)

Bequest of Ethlyne J. Seligman 1994.125

Location

not on view

Description

This bust of the Empress Josephine was sculpted in Milan in 1805 when she accompanied Napoleon to that city for his coronation as the King of Italy.

Inscriptions

Inscription

inscribed on front of base in ligature: "chinard a milan"; inscribed on back of base in ligature: "chinard/de/l'institut m(al?)/membre de plusiere [sp]/ academies/milan-an l (3?)"

Provenance
Comte Penha Longa (Paris, France);
Possibly sold, Penha Longa sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, December 2, 1911, to André J. Seligman
Possibly André J. Seligman (Paris, France), possibly by inheritance to his son and daughter-in-law Germain and Ethlyne J. Seligman.
Possibly Germain and Ethlyne J. Seligman, upon his death, by inheritance to Ethlyne J. Seligman.
Ethlyne J. Seligman, upon her death, held in trust by the estate.
Estate of Ethlyne J. Seligman, by bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1994.
Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1994.125