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France in Russia: Empress Josephine's Malmaison Collection
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Author
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State Hermitage Museum.
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Publisher
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Fontanka
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hardcover
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11.05
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8.75
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0.75
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ISBN
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9781906257002
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Pages/Publication Date
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134/2007
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Daedalus Item Code
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20973
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Description
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Empress Josephine's collection of old master paintings at Malmaison, her château outside Paris, was rightly regarded as one of the finest in Europe. After her divorce from Napoleon, Josephine was befriended by Tsar Alexander I of Russia, and on her death in 1814 he acquired a significant part of the collection. This catalog reunites these pieces, long scattered among the many departments of the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, along with other decorative arts objects from Malmaison. Illustrated with color plates, the book describes 77 works in detail, including a silver-embroidered dress by Louis-Hippolyte Leroy and a gilded model of Strasbourg Cathedral, Josephine's portrait by François Gérard and Antonio Canova's sculpture Dancer, and the Gonzaga Cameo, one of the Hermitage's most treasured possessions.
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