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Summary

Gustave Le Gray: Q118208262  wikidata:Q118208262 reasonator:Q118208262
Artist
Gustave Le Gray  (1820–1884)  wikidata:Q982549
 
Alternative names
Jean-Baptiste-Gustave Le Gray; Jean Baptiste Gustave Le Gray; J. B. Gustave Le Gray; Gustave Legray; Jean Baptiste Gustave Legray; Gustave le Gray; Jean-Baptiste Gustave Le Gray
Description French photographer, painter and daguerreotypist
Date of birth/death 30 August 1820 Edit this at Wikidata 29 July 1884 / 30 July 1884 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Villiers-le-Bel Edit this at Wikidata Cairo Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1860 Edit this at Wikidata–1884 Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q982549
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
French:
L'Impératrice Eugénie
label QS:Lfr,"L'Impératrice Eugénie"
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description
Français : Ce portrait de l'impératrice a été commandé par Ismaïl Pacha au photographe et peintre Gustave Le Gray, alors professeur de dessin de ses fils au Caire, et offert à l'impératrice lors de l'inauguration du canal de Suez. La peinture a ensuite été donnée par l’Impératrice à sa filleule, Madame Pietri, qui l’avait accompagnée dans ce voyage en Égypte.
English: This portrait of the Empress Eugénie was commissioned by the Pasha of Egypt, Isma'il Pasha, from the painter and photographer Gustave Le Gray in 1869 on the occasion of the inauguration of the Suez Canal. He offered it as a gift to Eugénie. The Empress subsequently gave the work to her god-daughter, Madame Pietri, who had accompanied Eugénie on the journey to Egypt.
Depicted people Depicted person: Eugénie de Montijo – consort of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French (1826–1920)
Date 1869
date QS:P571,+1869-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions 120 x 100 cm
Private collection
institution QS:P195,Q768717
Object history
  • commissioned by the Pasha of Egypt, Isma'il Pasha, 1869
  • given to Empress Eugenie on the occasion of the inauguration of the Suez Canal, 1869
  • given by the the Empress to her god-daughter, Madame Pietri
  • by descent in Mme Pietri's family
  • Auction sale, Fontainebleau, Osenat, 25 June 2006, lot 627
Inscriptions Signed and dated Gustave Le Gray 1869
References
Source/Photographer L’Impératrice Eugénie par Gustave Legray sur une commande du Pacha d’Egypte, image cropped by the uploader

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Portrait of Empress Eugénie commissioned by Isma'il Pasha from Gustave Le Gray in 1869, given to the Empress on the occasion of the inauguration of the Suez Canal

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