Image: Plate showing statues of Amenhotep III at Luxor, Egypt. Commissioned by Napoleon as a present to Josephine but she rejected it. From France. The Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Description: Plate showing statues of Amenhotep III at Luxor, Egypt. Commissioned by Napoleon as a present to Josephine but she rejected it. From Paris, France. The Victoria and Albert Museum, London. This plate was part of 72 ones painted with Egyptian scenes, which were commissioned by Napoleon I of France as a present to Josephine when he divorced her to marry a princess from Austria. Josephine rejected the gift. Made at the Sèvres factory. Painted by Jacques-Francois-Joseph-Swebach-Desfontaines after an illustration by Dominique-Vivant Denon. Designed by Adolphe-Theodore Brongniart. Porcelain painted in enamels and gilded.
Title: Plate showing statues of Amenhotep III at Luxor, Egypt. Commissioned by Napoleon as a present to Josephine but she rejected it. From France. The Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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Author: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg)
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