Portrait of Joseph Bonaparte

Portrait of Joseph Bonaparte
Portrait of Joseph Bonaparte
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]

References

^ Dwyer p.218
^ The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Biography: An International Reference Work, Volume 2. McGraw-Hill, 1973. p.54
^ Nicholls p.32
^ "Joseph, roi d'Espagne, en grand costume royal".

Dwyer, Philip. Citizen Emperor: Napoleon in Power. Yale University Press, 2013.
Nicholls, David. Napoleon: A Biographical Companion. Bloomsbury Academic, 1999.

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