Portrait of Hortense de Beauharnais

• Portrait of Hortense de Beauharnais (1783-1837)
• Portrait of Hortense de Beauharnais

SK-A-4943

Portret van Hortense de Beauharnais, koningin van Holland, echtgenote van Lodewijk Napoleon, koning van Holland. Buste naar rechts met een kroontje in het haar, rechts een landschapje met een waterval.

painter: Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson, Paris

c. 1805 - c. 1809

oil on canvas

• height 60.9 cm x width 49.8 cm
• height 74.7 cm x width 63.7 cm x depth 8.5 cm

Purchased with the support of the BankGiro Lottery

purchase 1998-12

Public domain

Collection of the artist;{According to the catalogue for the sale of the collection Peyriague, Monaco (Sotheby’s), 21 June 1991, introduction.} his niece, Rosine Becquérel-Despréaux, née Girodet de Roussy;{According to the catalogue for the sale of the collection Peyriague, Monaco (Sotheby’s), 21 June 1991, introduction.} her daughter, Rosa Filleul, née Becquérel-Despréaux; her widower, Edmond Filleul (1818-1907);{According to the catalogue for the sale of the collection Peyriague, Monaco (Sotheby’s), 21 June 1991, introduction.} …; Commandant Filleul [? Edmond Filleul's grandson Maurice Filleul (1886-1970)], 1936;{Paris 1936, p. 183, no. 322.} collection Filleul, Montargis, 1978;{Levitine 1978, p. 310, note 1.}…; ? by descent through the families Filleul and Peyriague;{According to the catalogue for the sale of the collection Peyriague, Monaco (Sotheby’s), 21 June 1991, introduction.} sale, collection Peyriague, Monaco (Sotheby’s), 21 June 1991, no. 27, frs. 1,443,000;{Copy RMA.}…; the dealer Stair Sainty Matthiesen, 1991;{Note RMA.} …; from the dealer Richard L. Feigen, New York, $ 375,000, to the museum, with support from the Grote Sponsorloterij, 1998

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

• 'Recent acquisitions at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam', The Burlington Magazine (November 2000), p. 734 met afb. XV.
• Theo Schoemaker, 'Aanwinst : Koningin tegen wil en dank', Rijksmuseum Kunstkrant 25 (1999) 2, pp.16-17 met afb.
• Fribd, Panthéon des illustrations françaises au XIXe siècle, Parijs 1865, p. 2.
• Documentatiemap.
• Jaarverslag 1998, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, p. 46-47 met afb. in kleur.
• T. van der Meer, 'Lodewijk Napoleon : Een Hollandse koning', Rijksmuseum Kunstkrant 32 (2006) 3, p. 14-17 met afb.

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