Portrait of the King of Rome (Napoleon II), as a child, writing to his father (Napoleon I). The child, surrounded by his toys, writes a letter where we can decipher the sentence (in french): "Écrire à papa que je l’aime bien..." (translation : "Write to dad that I like him ...")
Miniature on ivory by Aimée Thibault. 11,8 x 9,5 cm. Provenance : General Eloi-Charlemagne Taupin (1767-1814), than his family.
<bdi><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47462188" class="extiw" title="d:Q47462188"><span title="French painter">Aimée Thibault</span></a>
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between circa 1812 and circa 1814 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1812-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1812-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1814-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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