Portrait of the Empress Josephine
The Portrait of the Empress Josephine by Pierre-Paul Prud'hon presents a quiet, intimate moment captured in 1805. The subject of this work is Josephine Bonaparte, the first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte. Rather than appearing in the rigid splendor of the imperial court, she is seen here in a more private, natural setting. She sits upon the mossy rocks of the gardens at Malmaison, a place deeply connected to her own…








