XIR121298 Josephine Tasher de la Pagerie (1763-1814) Empress of the French, gazing at a bust of her son Eugene de Beauharnais (1781-1824) at Malmaison, 1808 (oil on canvas) by Gros, Baron Antoine Jean (1771-1835); Musee d\'Art et d\'Histoire, Palais Massena, Nice, France; (add.info.: wife of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1820); the vase of hydrangeas alludes to Josephine\'s daughter Hortense (1783-1837) as hortensia is another name for hydrangea; allusion;); French, out of copyright.