Empress Eugenie (1826–1920)
Object type: Portrait miniature
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: French, Sèvres
Artist: Marie-Pauline Laurent
Artist bio: French, 1805–1860
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: French
Date: 1855
Medium: Painted enamel on copper; gesso and gilt-wood frame
Dimensions: Overall (enamel): 7 7/8 × 5 7/8 in. (20 × 14.9 cm); Overall (frame): 12 1/8 × 10 in. (30.8 × 25.4 cm)
Classification: Enamels
Credit line: Purchase, Friends of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Gifts, 2004
Accession year: 2004
Tags: Portraits|Women