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Portrait of Louis Napoleon, King of Holland
Also titled Portret van Lodewijk Napoleon, koning van Holland
Charles Howard Hodges (Portsmouth, 1764–1837)
1809
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 223 cm x width 147 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Gift of Lodewijk Napoleon Bonaparte
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
In 1795 French troops invaded the Netherlands. The country became an ally of France and enjoyed a large degree of independence, until 1806 when Napoleon seized power and made his brother Louis Napoleon King of Holland. Louis showed sympathy for his new kingdom and supported Dutch interests. This had not been Napoleon’s intention and in 1810 he forced his brother to abdicate.
