Lot n° 13
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FRENCH SCHOOL CIRCA 1815 - Lot 13
FRENCH SCHOOL CIRCA 1815
FRENCH SCHOOL CIRCA 1815
Portrait of Prince Jérôme Napoléon Charles Frédéric Bonaparte (1814 - 1847)
Original oil on canvas
Portrait of Prince Jérôme Napoléon Charles Frédéric Bonaparte (1814 - 1847)
Original oil on canvas
H 49.5 x L 63.5 cm - H 19 1/2 x W 25 in.
Inscribed upper right 'S. A. J. et R. / Le Prince Jerôme Frédéric / Charles Napoléon Louis / Félix. Prince Royal
of / Vestphalia'.
The eldest son of Jérôme Bonaparte, King of Westphalia from 1807 to 1813, and Catherine of Wurtemberg, Jérôme
Napoléon Charles Frédéric Bonaparte was born on August 24, 1814 in Trieste, where his parents were in exile following
Napoleon's abdication. The various attributes depicted by the artist, including the crown
the plaque and ribbon of the Order of the Crown of Westphalia, while his father was no longer king, testifies to the delicate situation
situation in which the Bonaparte family finds itself.
Jérôme Napoléon Charles Frédéric Bonaparte then sought refuge with his uncle, Guillaume I, King of
Württemberg and served in the army. He rose to the rank of colonel and died at the age of 32 without issue.
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