Marie-Louise, Empress of the French

1814

Antoine Maxime Monsaldy after Jean-Baptiste Isabey

Associated Names
Antoine Maxime Monsaldy

Artist, French, 1768 - 1816

Jean-Baptiste Isabey

Artist After, French, 1767 - 1855

The image shows a portrait of a person in an oval frame, depicted from the chest up. The person faces slightly to the viewer's right with a calm expression. They have blue eyes and light brown, curly hair under a headdress. The person wears a light-colored scarf or veil with pink roses and leaves around the head and neckline. There are no visible jewelry or objects. The background is a gradient from light blue to neutral tones, set against a plain, light background. Below the portrait is text with ornamental embellishments, displaying the name "MARIE LOUISE" in decorative script.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color stipple etching inked à la poupée on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 25.1 × 19 cm (9 7/8 × 7 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 43.1 × 29.4 cm (16 15/16 × 11 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.2360

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, in image, at lower left: Peint par J. Isabey / et Grave par Monsaldy; in plate, below image, at center: MARIE LOUISE / Archiduchesse d'Autriche / Impératrice Reine et Régente / AParis chez l'Auteur Rue de 3 Frères No. 7 Déposé à la Direc.on Imp.le de l'Imp.ie et de la Lib.ie; at bottom center, in graphite, in later hand: 431; verso: at lower right, in graphite, in later hand: K 219 [circled] / Fr 365 / [indecipherable]

Markings

none

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q64953797

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