Portrait of Joseph Bonaparte
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| Portrait of Joseph Bonaparte | |
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| Artist | François Gérard |
| Year | 1808 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, portrait painting |
| Dimensions | 244 cm × 162 cm (96 in × 64 in) |
| Location | Palace of Fontainebleau, Fontainebleau |
Portrait of Joseph Bonaparte is an 1808 portrait painting by the French artist François Gérard.[1][2] It depicts Joseph Bonaparte, recently created King of Spain, in his coronation robes.[3] Joseph, the elder brother of Napoleon, had been King of Naples until he had been placed on the throne of Spain which triggered the Peninsular War.
Gérard, a neoclassical painter and pupil of Jacques-Louis David, produced a number of depictions of the extended Bonaparte dynasty. Today the painting is in the collection of the Palace of Fontainebleau outside Paris, having been acquired in 1981.[4]
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