Napoléon François Joseph Charles Bonaparte (1811-1832), King of Rome, in blue coat with white frill collar and sleeves, wearing the red sash and breast-star of the Grand Eagle of the Imperial French Order of the Legion of Honour, curled fair hair; sky background

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JEAN-PIERRE MENUISIER (FRENCH, B. 1783)
Napoléon François Joseph Charles Bonaparte (1811-1832), King of Rome, in blue coat with white frill collar and sleeves, wearing the red sash and breast-star of the Grand Eagle of the Imperial French Order of the Legion of Honour, curled fair hair; sky background
oval, 2 5/16 in. (59 mm.) high, rectangular ormolu frame with foliate and star border

Exhibited

Paris, Chaumet, Napoleonic Jewels: Public Glory and Private Sentiment, 2004 (no catalogue).

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Lot Essay

Napoléon François Joseph Charles Bonaparte was the son of Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte and his second wife, Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria. He was given the title of The King of Rome, which the Emperor declared to be the title of the heir-apparent. Upon Napoleon I's abdication after his defeat at Waterloo the Chamber of Representatives and Chamber of Peers recognised the young Napoleon as Emperor. Loyal Bonapartists proclaimed him Napoléon II in Paris on 28 June 1815 but he was formally deposed five days later with the arrival of the Allies in the French capital. He went to Austria where he lived at court and was awarded the title Duke of Reichstadt. At the age of 21 he died of tuberculosis at Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna.

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