[Unidentified Artist] Josephine's private office, circa 1810 - Lot 1

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[Unidentified Artist] Josephine's private office, circa 1810 - Lot 1
[Unidentified Artist] Josephine's private office, circa 1810. Miniature with a system painted on ivory decorating the lid of a tortoiseshell box, 8 cm in diameter, 2.4 cm high. Missing on the rim, mechanism to be restored, cracks. Two contemporary couples of Josephine de Beauharmais, perhaps the artist chose to represent her, are dining. A dog is gnawing on her bone, an old man is sleeping, a maid comes in. The table falls, revealing the hidden activities of the protagonists of the scene. It may be a caricature of the Empress, who did not have a very good reputation among Napoleon's opponents.
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