Portrait of Queen Hortense
by GIRODET DE ROUCY-TRIOSON, Anne-Louis, Oil on canvas, 61 x 50 cm
The sitter of this portrait is Hortense de Beauharnais (1793-1837), the daughter of Napoleon’s second wife, Josephine. She unhappily married Louis Bonaparte, the younger brother of Napoleon. In 1806, Louis was made king of the newly formed Kingdom of Holland and Hortense became Holland’s first queen.