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The Translation of the Ashes of Napoleon: 15 December, 1840
Provenance
Possibly King Louis Philippe [according to Henry Strachey]. Prince de Joinville [according to Henry Strachey]; given to Queen Victoria, Windsor, England [according to Henry Strachey]. Sold, Sotheby’s, London, March 13, 1986, lot 23. Sold by Henry Strachey to the Art Institute, 1986.
Exhibition history
The Art Institute of Chicago, April 15, 1991-January 6, 1992 (installation). New York, The Frick Collection, "From Pontormo to Seurat: Drawings Recently Acquired by The Art Institute of Chicago," April 23-July 7, 1991, n.p., cat. 38; traveled to The Art Institute of Chicago, September 10, 1991-January 5, 1992.
Publications
Paul André Lemoisne, L’Oeuvre de Eugène Lami (Paris, 1914), no. 491.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Eugène L. Lami / French, 1800-1890
- Date
- c. 1842
- Medium
- Watercolor and gouache, with traces of graphite, on ivory wove paper
- Dimensions
- 15.3 × 25.7 cm (6 1/16 × 10 1/8 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- watercolor
- Place
- France
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- Suzanne Dixon Fund
- Accession no.
- 1986.429
More by Eugène L. Lami in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00004469
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