"portrait Of The Little King Of Rome", Early 19th Century

“Portrait of the Little King of Rome”,

Oil on canvas (on its canvas, no restoration or repainting) walnut frame. From the portrait of the child Eaglet emerges a great sweetness, but the veil of melancholy reflected in his large eyes already announces his life... In 1900, the writer Edmond Rostand paid homage to him by making him the main character of a play entitled L'Aiglon. It is under this name that posterity has remembered the meteoric passage on earth of this young man who said of himself: “My birth and my death, that is my whole story. Between my cradle and my grave there is a big zero.
“The Little King of Rome”, only son of Napoleon and Empress Marie-Louise of Austria, was born Napoleon François Charles Joseph (1811-1832), king of Rome, emperor of the French, prince of Parma, duke of Reichstadt . On March 20, 1811, a hundred and one cannon shots announced to Parisians the long-awaited birth of the emperor's son, at the Palais des Tuileries.
Constitutionally adorned with the title of “Imperial Prince”, he also received that of “King of Rome”. His tragic and eventful life marries the political groundswells which shake Europe to the rhythm of his father.
After a few gentler years, in exile at the Austrian court, he died of tuberculosis at the age of 21.

French school, Early 19th century.

Width: with frame: 60 cm; without frame: 44.5 cm
Height: with frame: 70 cm; without frame: 56.5 cm