Lot Essay
Joachim Murat (1767-1815) married Caroline Bonaparte, sister of Napoleon I. He was King of Naples between 1808-1814 and was shot in 1815.
VARIOUS PROPERTIES
ATTRIBUTED TO MUNERET (fl. c. 1804-1814)
Joachim Murat, King of Naples, facing left in white uniform trimmed with gold and blue collar, gold epaulettes, wearing the badges and breast stars of the Imperial French Orders of the Legion of Honour and the Iron Crown; long curly dark hair and sidewhiskers; sky background
Details
ATTRIBUTED TO MUNERET (fl. c. 1804-1814)
Joachim Murat, King of Naples, facing left in white uniform trimmed with gold and blue collar, gold epaulettes, wearing the badges and breast stars of the Imperial French Orders of the Legion of Honour and the Iron Crown; long curly dark hair and sidewhiskers; sky background
watercolour on card laid down on metal
rectangular, 5 1/16 x 4¼ in. (129 x 107 mm.), wooden frame
Joachim Murat, King of Naples, facing left in white uniform trimmed with gold and blue collar, gold epaulettes, wearing the badges and breast stars of the Imperial French Orders of the Legion of Honour and the Iron Crown; long curly dark hair and sidewhiskers; sky background
watercolour on card laid down on metal
rectangular, 5 1/16 x 4¼ in. (129 x 107 mm.), wooden frame