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Maria Anna “Elisa” Bonaparte Bacciochi Levoy

Description

Half-length miniature portrait of Maria Anna "Elisa" Bonaparte Bacciochi Levoy (1777-1820) (Madame Felice Bacciochi) (Princesse Elise Bacciochi). She is pictured as a young woman with dark curly upswept hair worn with a cameo band. She wears a muted lavendar empire-waist dress with v-shaped neckline and an orange shawl.

Creator

Date

circa 1800

Materials

Watercolor on ivory, gold, glass

Dimensions

3.25 H x 2.25 W inches

Object ID

xx.5.54

Resource ID

8027

Notes

Possible attribution to Jean-Baptiste Isabey (1767-1855).

Credit Line

The Bonaparte Collection, Gift of Mrs. Charles J. Bonaparte

Digital Publisher

Digital resource provided by the Maryland Center for History and Culture

Rights

This digital image is made available here for private study, scholarship, and research. Commercial and other uses are prohibited without the permission of the Maryland Center for History and Culture. For more information, visit the MCHC’s Reproductions and Permissions web page.