Portrait of Joachim Murat
by GIRODET DE ROUCY-TRIOSON, Anne-Louis, Oil on canvas, 41 x 33 cm
Joachim-Napoleon Murat (born Joachim Murat, 1767-1815), 1st Prince Murat, Grand Duke of Berg and Cleves, Marshal of France, was King of the Two Sicilies from 1808 to 1815. He received his titles in part by being the brother-in-law of Napoleon Bonaparte, through marriage to Napoleon’s youngest sister, Caroline Bonaparte.
This canvas is a sketch for Girodet’s painting Napoleon Receiving the Keys of the City of Vienna, 13 November 1805.