Portrait Of Napoleon Iii
19th Century French 18K Gold Royal Presentation Snuff Box, c.1850
By Louis-François Tronquoy 1
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
decoration, the hinged cover inset with a circular miniature portrait of Napoleon III and Empress Eugenie
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Antique 19th Century French Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold
$23,061
H 0.91 in W 3.35 in D 2.64 in
Steel Engraving of the Portrait of Peter Paul Rubens
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Steel engraving of the portrait of Peter Paul Rubens, 19th century.
Measures: H 27cm, L 20cm.
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Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Prints
Materials
Paper
Copy of a Young Man Portrait
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of a portrait painting of a young man in high collared garb with gold frame
Category
Late 20th Century American Napoleon III Paintings
Materials
Paint
Portrait Of Young Woman, Oil On Canvas XIXth Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Oil on canvas, portrait of a young woman with a romantic air, in a light dress and wearing a hat
Category
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Portrait of a the Comtesse Hallez Claparede , France Circa 1850
Located in PARIS, FR
portrayals of Emperor Napoléon III and the Empress Eugénie. That same year saw the birth of his son Guillaume
Category
Antique 1850s French Napoleon III Paintings
Materials
Canvas
$21,540
H 57.09 in W 47.25 in D 3.94 in
Portrait of an Oriental Young Woman, circa 1880.
Located in PARIS, FR
Oil on walnut panel representing a young nude Oriental girl, wearing a blue sequin cap and a triple pearl necklace.
Very charming atmosphere, undoubtedly signed by a good painter who...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Paintings
Materials
Nutwood
V Caprile, Portrait Of A Neapolitan Couple, Late 19th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Pair of portraits representing a young Neapolitan couple in traditional dress, signed by the
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Napoleon III Paintings
Materials
Paint
$9,334 / set
H 43.31 in W 37.41 in D 2.76 in
C Hermelein, Portrait Of Princess Elisabeth Of Prussia And Her Sons, 19th Centur
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Very large portrait of Princess Elisabeth of Prussia with her two sons Louis (future Grand Duke of
Category
Antique 19th Century European Napoleon III Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Stucco, Paint
$19,147
H 99.22 in W 79.53 in D 5.52 in
Set of 11 19th Century Bois Durci Portrait Roundels
By François Charles Lepage
Located in London, GB
Set of 11 19th century Bois Durci portrait roundels
French, 19th Century
Largest: Height 1.5cm
Category
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Other
C Deschamps, Portrait Of Woman, In Black Dress, XIXth Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Large oil on canvas, portrait of an elegant woman in a black dress and a fan, seated and smiling
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Paintings
Materials
Paint
Portrait of a Boy in a Landscape, by Monogrammist MW, 19th Century
Located in NICE, FR
Painting signed at the lower left by the monogrammist MW, Portrait of a Young Aristocratic Boy
Category
Antique 1870s German Napoleon III Paintings
Materials
Canvas
$2,225
H 22.84 in W 16.54 in D 1.97 in
Portrait Of A Gentleman And His Dog (h160cm), Framed Hst, 19th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Large portrait of a gentleman in a frock coat, posing with his dog
Oil on canvas, framed, unsigned
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century European Napoleon III Paintings
Materials
Paint
$5,624
H 62.8 in W 52.37 in D 5.91 in
BALLEROY & Co., Joseph Albert PONSIN, Pair of Plates Adorned with Portraits
By Balleroy Freres
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
inscription “1[8?]76” provides an approximate date for the creation of these works.
The portrait of the man
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Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Old French Painting Portrait Of A Nobleman With Golden Frame
Located in Prato, Tuscany
to enhance a portrait. The painting is of beautiful size and pleasant impact, excellent workmanship
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Portrait of an officer, signed Willem Geets, oil on canvas, 1867, 19th century
Located in NICE, FR
Portrait of a high-ranking officer with arms crossed over his chest and three-quarter view in
Category
Antique 1860s Dutch Napoleon III Paintings
Materials
Canvas
$8,041 Sale Price
20% Off
H 46.07 in W 42.13 in D 3.55 in
Portrait of a young lady wearing a pink dress, Tony Robert Fleury (1837-1911)
By Tony Robert-Fleury
Located in PARIS, FR
Oil on canvas depicting a young lady of quality dressed in a beautiful pink dress. In the background, a Chinese or Japanese lacquer screen. Signed on the left "Robert Fleury"
Tony R...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Napoleon III Paintings
Materials
Canvas
$9,334
H 39.38 in W 28.75 in D 1.97 in
Pair of Porcelain Portrait, 19th Century Gilded Bronze Frame Signed A.Giroux
By Alphonse Giroux et Cie
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of porcelain and enamelled portraits featuring a man and a woman of the 17th century. It is
Category
Antique 1850s French Napoleon III Picture Frames
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
$8,376 / set
H 6.3 in W 4.93 in D 0.4 in
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A PORTRAIT OF NAPOLEON III. FRENCH, LATE 19th/EARLY 20th CENTURY
By Franz Xaver Winterhalter
Located in New York, NY
NAPOLEON III IS DEPICTED IN FULL CORONATION REGALIA, WEARING THE COLLAR OF THE LEGION OF HONOR.
Category
20th Century French Paintings
Materials
Giltwood, Canvas
Pair of 19th Century Napoleon III Portrait, Oil on Canvas
Located in Lentate sul Seveso (Mb), IT
Pair of 19th century Napoleon III portrait, oil on canvas
24-karat gold wood coeval frame
Category
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Pair of Napoleon III Sevres Portrait Plates, 1860, Mdme Pompadour / Marat
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Toronto, ONTARIO
of Napoleon III and the factory mark in the centre M. Imp (le) de Sevres, in use until 1870.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Portrait of a Boy
Located in Llandudno, Conwy
A framed portrait of a young boy,
French, early 19th century.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Napoleon III Paintings
Antique 19th Century Set of Dog's Portrait on Canvas
Located in Paris, FR
with hounds belts.
This type of paintings is typical of castle's decoration around Napoleon III period
Category
Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Charles Chaplin Portrait of a Young Girl with Two Puttis
By Charles Chaplin
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Charles Chaplin (1825-1891) young girl with a net, standing on a base where two fisherman's puttis are held.
Oil on canvas, decorated with a beautiful 19th century frame in Louis XV...
Category
Antique 1870s French Napoleon III Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Gilt Bronze Box with Enamel Portrait of Beautiful Lady on Four Raised Feet
Located in Boston, MA
Bronze box with an enamel artist signed portrait of a beautiful lady on four raised feet. It is
Category
Antique 1890s French Napoleon III Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Portrait of a Woman with a Parrot, Painting Signed de Bornschlegel, 19th Century
Located in Paris, FR
Oil on canvas representing a young woman interrupting her reading to play with her parrot, signed in left as V.de Bornschlegel.
Victor de Bornschlegel was a French painter, born in ...
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Antique 1850s French Napoleon III Paintings
Materials
Canvas
H 28.75 in W 22.84 in D 1.38 in
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Period Portrait of a Lady Signed Armelin
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This large scale late 19th century French Napoleon III period oil on canvas features a portrait of
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Paintings
Materials
Giltwood, Canvas
H 42 in W 28 in D 1.5 in
Service "Tête à Tête" in 19th Century Sèvres Porcelain, Napoleon III Period.
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Sèvres porcelain, portrait of French royalty, Napoleon III period, 19th century.
H: 15cm, W: 30cm, D
Category
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
H 5.91 in W 11.82 in D 11.82 in
Portrait of an Elegant Lady, 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Oil on canvas painting, 19th century, well framed, Napoleon III period.
Measures: H: 83 cm, W: 73
Category
Antique 1870s European Napoleon III Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Joseph Castanié, Aveyronnais Painter, Portrait of Nun
Located in BARSAC, FR
Joseph Pierre Hilarion Castanié (1819-1884). Portrait of a nun (Carmelite).
Oil on canvas, signed
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Portrait of a French Naval Officer, Vice Admiral Thomasset
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Portrait of a French naval officer, Vice Admiral Thomasset
This is a large painting oil on
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Antique Early 19th Century French Napoleon III Paintings
19th Century Pair of Portrait Vases
Located in High Point, NC
19th-C. Pair of French porcelain vases with lovely hand painted portraits of a peasant man and
Category
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Portrait of an Oriental Young Woman, circa 1880.
Located in PARIS, FR
Oil on walnut panel representing a young nude Oriental girl, wearing a blue sequin cap and a triple pearl necklace.
Very charming atmosphere, undoubtedly signed by a good painter who...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Paintings
Materials
Nutwood
Circa 1860 French Sulfide Portrait Paperweight of Empress Eugenie
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
(wife of Napoleon III).
3 1/2" dia., 6 1/2" h.
Whitehall Antiques is a family business that has been a
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Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Paperweights
Materials
Glass
Jewelry Box with the Portrait of Madame de Sévigné
Located in Paris, FR
-Louis Arlaud (1772-1845) was a Swiss portrait painter, student of the miniaturist Antoine-Louis Romanet
Category
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
19th Century Portrait of a Bearded French Military Officer
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An unsigned but beautifully executed oil painting of a bearded French Military Officer. The canvas on verso bears the retailers mark "Atelier Bre Clichy. N.° 7. / DEFORGE / M.D DE C...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Exceptional Set of Five Royal Vienna Jeweled Porcelain Portrait Plates by Wagner
By Royal Vienna Porcelain
Located in Queens, NY
Exceptional set of five Royal Vienna Jeweled porcelain portrait plates by Wagner, circa 1880
Category
Antique 19th Century Austrian Napoleon III Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Gilt Bronze Frames for 3 Portraits, 19th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
central photo in gilt bronze and beige fabric, Napoleon III period, 19th century.
H: 24cm, W: 39cm, D: 2cm
Category
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Picture Frames
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Vienna Porcelain Vases
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
elegant portrait of a
From the Napoleon III period.
Measures: Height 40 cm, width at the handles 20 cm.
Category
Antique 1860s European Napoleon III Vases
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Porcelain Portrait Bust of Napoleon Bonaparte, France Circa 1850
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A striking 19th century French bisque porcelain profile portrait bust of Napoleon Bonaparte, the
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Portrait In Bust Of A Young Woman, Plaster Signed Dantan Jeune, 1867.
Located in PARIS, FR
in the Passage des Panoramas known as the "Musée DANTAN" (cf. L'Illustration, 1857).
His portrait
Category
Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Busts
Materials
Plaster
'Le Génie de la Danse, n°2', a Patinated Bronze Figure by Carpeaux, Dated 1872
By Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
Washington, D.C.
Carpeaux became the favored portrait sculptor of Napoléon III and his court. His
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
H 33.47 in W 13.39 in D 9.85 in
Oval 3 Dimensional Portrait of Napoleon III and Emp. Eugenie
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This appears to have an embossed stiff paper foundation with
hand applied water color, glitter, gold and silver metal. It has not been examined out of the frame. The frame is ...
hand applied water color, glitter, gold and silver metal. It has not been examined out of the frame. The frame is ...
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Antique 19th Century French Paintings
19th Century Miniature Watercolor Portrait of Napoleon, Signed Delaroche
By Paul Delaroche 1
Located in Miami, FL
Miniature watercolor portrait of Napoleon signed Delaroche in a Boulle frame.
Overall: 5.5" x
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Paintings
H 5.5 in W 4.75 in D 0.38 in
Sterling Napoleon III Inkwell featuring Napoleon III
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
An elaborate inkwell featuring a portrait bust of Emperor Napoleon III with c-scroll pen holder and
Category
Antique 19th Century French Inkwells
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Portrait of an Officer, Napoleon First Empire, Oil on Panel Signed Jules Badin
By Jules Badin
Located in Paris, FR
Portrait of an officer of the Red Lancers, Napoleon First Empire peroid. Oil on panel signed Jules
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Paintings
Materials
Wood
H 16 in W 10.5 in D 1 in
‘Portrait of an Oriental Merchant’ ‘Hunzicker’, Swiss Painter, circa 1880
Located in Paris, FR
Portrait of an oriental merchant in profile, his left hand holding a sword
the canvas is annotated
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Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Paintings
H 43.31 in W 34.65 in D 4.34 in
Ferdinand Roybet, Portrait of a Musketeer with an Arquebus
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Ferdinand Roybet (Uzès, 1840 - Paris, 1920).
Musketeer with an Arquebus.
Oil on panel signed in the upper right corner.
Sizes with frame: Length 54.5 cm, width: 47 cm
Sizes witho...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Paintings
Materials
Wood
Suite of 3 large portraits from 19th century by Jules Laure
Located in BORDEAUX, FR
"Exceptional And Spectacular Suite Of 3 Portraits From The 19th Century By Jules Laure"
These
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Antique 1850s French Napoleon III Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Painting Representing a Portrait of a Young Woman Signed Charles Chaplin
By Charles Chaplin
Located in Paris, FR
A painting representing a portrait of a young woman signed Charles Chaplin.
Oil on canvas, frame
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Paintings
Materials
Canvas
H 27.96 in W 18.51 in D 1.19 in
Portrait of Marie De Colbert, Oil on Mahogany Panel Signed Faivre-Duffer, 1882
By Louis Stanislas Faivre-Duffer
Located in Paris, FR
Portrait of Marie de Colbert, oil on mahogany panel signed in the oval Faivre-Duffer, 1882.
Louis
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Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Paintings
Materials
Mahogany
H 17.72 in W 15.36 in D 0.79 in
Portrait of a Young Woman from Sicily
By Albert Darcq
Located in Paris, FR
Signed Albert Darcq (1848-1895).
Student of Colas at Lille, and then of Cavelier at the Beaux Arts school in Paris. He participated regularly to the Salons in Paris from 1874 to 189...
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Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Paintings
Antique 19th Century French Miniature Portrait Hand-Painting of Christ
Located in TRIAIZE, PAYS DE LOIRE
Of oval shape, the portrait is finely painted with the likeness, fabulous. The wood frame is
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Picture Frames
Materials
Wood, Paint
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$25,000 / set
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19th Century Chinese Canopy Wedding Bed
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Unique Late 19th-Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze Cartel Clock by François Linke
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Under Napoleon III’s rule, Paris underwent a great rebuilding overseen by Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann, which created grand avenues and lavish landmarks like the Paris Opera. Antique Napoleon III–style furniture was flamboyant and eclectic. It was also known as Second Empire style since it followed and referenced the Empire style of his uncle Napoleon I.
Developing from 1852–70, Napoleon III furniture was plush and ornate, matching the fashion for masked balls and socializing in salons. It borrowed freely from earlier French styles including Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI as well as aesthetics from around the world, from antiquity to Asian art. As writer Gustave Claudin remarked in 1867, the country’s architects worked in “a style which one would be tempted to call neo-Greco-Gothico-Pompadour-Pompeian.”
Napoleon III chairs were completely covered with velvet and lined with tassels; pouf footstools invited people to put up their feet. Sofas were upholstered with tapestries, and beds were adorned with gilt bronze and theatrical canopies. The addition of conservatories to homes led to new indoor-outdoor furniture, while the spirit of hygiene promoted by Baron Haussmann inspired bright, floral motifs.
Although the most ostentatious designs were for the elite, as seen in the Napoleon III apartments preserved in the Louvre, where red velvet, gilding and chandeliers create a cacophony of luxury, these trends influenced homes across classes as manufacturing made design increasingly accessible. Papier-mâché furniture allowed for elaborate shapes that would have been difficult to carve in wood. The malleable material was painted with chinoiserie patterns and decorative designs. It was mass-produced by factories such as Jennens and Bettridge with varnishing and mother-of-pearl inlays creating an effect reminiscent of Asian lacquer. (Surfaces that had been “japanned” — a specialty of Jennens and Bettridge — were intended to resemble lacquer work that was created in East Asia.)
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