Exhibition labels & didactics - National Gallery of Victoria

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120 Innocent-Louis GOUBAUD French 1780–1847 Allegory of the glory of His Majesty the Emperor Dessin allégorique à la gloire de S. M. l’Empereur 1811 pencil Fondation Napoléon, Paris Acquisition, 1992 inv. 21 Robert LEFÈVRE French 1756–1830 Empress Josephine with a Herbarium on the table beside her L’impératrice Joséphine avec un herbier 1805 oil on canvas Museo Napoleonico, Rome Inv. MN 22 The NGV warmly thanks Paula Fox for her generous support in bringing this work to Australia. © COPYRIGHT This document remains the property of the National Gallery of Victoria and must be returned upon request. Reproduction in part or in whole is prohibited without written authorisation.

FRANCE Court dress and train of Mme Bérenger, worn on the day of Napoleon’s coronation Robe et traîne de cour de Mme Bérenger portée le jour du sacre de Napoléon 1804 velvet, gold-embroidered silk tulle, satin Collection of Pierre Patrick Kaltenbach (Direct descendent of Mme Bérenger, who was the daughter-in-law of a Protestant Desert Father, Jean Bérenger, The Dove) On 18 July 1804 Napoleon issued a decree prescribing the robes to be worn on the occasion of his coronation by all members of the royal family, dignitaries and representatives of the people. This luxurious court dress was worn by Claudine Elisabeth Bérenger, wife of State Counsellor Jean Bérenger, at the coronation ceremony on 2 December 1804. Still preserved by the Bérenger family, it is the only woman’s outfit worn on that historic day that has survived to the present time. 121 © COPYRIGHT This document remains the property of the National Gallery of Victoria and must be returned upon request. Reproduction in part or in whole is prohibited without written authorisation.

120<br />

Innocent-Louis GOUBAUD<br />

French 1780–1847<br />

Allegory <strong>of</strong> the glory <strong>of</strong><br />

His Majesty the Emperor<br />

Dessin allégorique à la gloire<br />

de S. M. l’Empereur<br />

1811<br />

pencil<br />

Fondation Napoléon, Paris<br />

Acquisition, 1992 inv. 21<br />

Robert LEFÈVRE<br />

French 1756–1830<br />

Empress Josephine with a Herbarium on<br />

the table beside her<br />

L’impératrice Joséphine avec un herbier<br />

1805<br />

oil on canvas<br />

Museo Napoleonico, Rome Inv. MN 22<br />

The NGV warmly thanks Paula Fox for her generous<br />

support in bringing this work to Australia.<br />

© COPYRIGHT<br />

This document remains the property <strong>of</strong> the <strong>National</strong> <strong>Gallery</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Victoria</strong> and must be returned upon request. Reproduction in part or in whole is prohibited without written authorisation.

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