id:			161406
accession number:	2000.106
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2000.106
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:41.855000

Portrait of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1841. William Essex (British, 1784–1869). Enamel on copper, gilt metal and plush mount in a turned wood frame; framed: 13.5 x 11.5 cm (5 5/16 x 4 1/2 in.); unframed: 6.6 x 5 cm (2 5/8 x 1 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mabel Porozynski in honor and remembrance of Eugene Porozynski 2000.106

title:				Portrait of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French
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creation date:			1841
creation date earliest:		1841
creation date latest:		1841
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creditline:			Gift of Mabel Porozynski in honor and remembrance of Eugene Porozynski
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culture:	England, 19th century
technique:	enamel on copper, gilt metal and plush mount in a turned wood frame
department:	Modern European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
type:		Portrait Miniature
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CREATORS

* William Essex (British, 1784–1869)  - artist

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measurements: Framed: 13.5 x 11.5 cm (5 5/16 x 4 1/2 in.); Unframed: 6.6 x 5 cm (2 5/8 x 1 15/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Inscribed in enamel on verso: "Napoleon Buonaparte Painted by W. Essex. Jan 1841 Enamel painter to Her Majesty after a min.e painted expressly for the Empress Marie Louise by T.B.T. Duchesne. D 1814"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Disembodied: Portrait Minatures and their Contemporary Relatives
	opening date:   2013-11-10T00:00:00
	<i>Disembodied: Portrait Minatures and their Contemporary Relatives</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 10, 2013-February 16, 2014).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Main European Rotation (Gallery 202)</em>, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 23, 2013 - May 20, 2014).', 'opening_date': '2013-07-23T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>Royal Academy Exhibition, </em>Royal Academy of Arts, London (1853).', 'opening_date': None}

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PROVENANCE

	Mabel Porozynski (1918-2000), Brecksville, OH, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: Before 2000
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2000-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain). <em>Royal Academy Exhibition</em>. 1853.
	page number: 	no. 647
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	Cincinnati Art Museum, Julie Aronson, and Marjorie E. Wieseman<em>. Perfect Likeness: European and American Portrait Miniatures from the Cincinnati Art Museum.</em> New Haven [Conn.]: Yale University Press, 2006.
	page number: 	pp. 147-48, no. 51
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	Korkow, Cory, and Dario Robleto. <em>Disembodied: Portrait Miniatures and Their Contemporary Relatives.</em> 2013.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 85
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	Korkow, Cory, and Jon L. Seydl.<em> British Portrait Miniatures: The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>2013.
	page number: 	Cat. no. 72, pp. 275-278
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