The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 14, 2025

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.
  • 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.
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1994.125