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| Keywords: Jean-Baptiste Isabey - Napoleon I - Walters 3859.jpg Isabey initially worked for Queen Marie Antoinette but after the fall of the monarchy he became the court painter to Napoleon I In this miniature he portrays a young Napoleon wearing the uniform of an officer in the Foot Grenadiers The gold frame which predates the miniature was made in 1808 and is decorated with imperial symbols including bees a reference to ornaments in the form of cicadas mistakenly identified as bees that had been found in the tombs of Merovingian rulers and the eagle associated with Charlemagne 1812; Frame 1808 watercolor on ivory gold frame cm 4 8 accession number 38 59 175 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1906 Signature At right Isabey; Date At right 1812; Signature On frame Hy Auguste Ft; Inscription On frame Paris; Date On frame 1808 A Baltimorean in Paris George A Lucas 1860-1909 The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979 Mything Persons Historic Figures in Legends of East and West The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1998 Vive la France French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1999-2000 place of origin France Walters Art Museum license 3D Jean-Baptiste Isabey French paintings in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Portrait miniatures in the Walters Art Museum Portrait miniatures of Napoleon Bonaparte Vive la France French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet | ||||
