Napoleon's Family and Women

Image of Napoleon II (1811 - 1832), king of Rome, son of emperor Napoleon 1st and empress Marie Louise, duke of Reichstadt in 1818, here in 1811, (oil on canvas) © Tallandier / Bridgeman Images

Image of Empress Josephine (1763 - 1814) (charcoal on paper), Prud’hon, Pierre - Paul (1758 - 1823) / Private Collection © Archives Charmet / Bridgeman Images

Image of a Portrait of Elisa Baciocchi, the sister of Napoleon Bonaparte, (1777 - 1820) c.1812 (oil on canvas), Franque, Joseph (1774 - 1833) / Bibliotheque Paul - Marmottan, Ville de Boulogne - Billiancourt, Academie des Beaux - Arts, France, © Bibliotheque Marmottan, Paris / Bridgeman Images

Image of Pauline Bonaparte, Princess Borghese, 1806 (oil on canvas), Lefevre, Robert (1755 - 1830) / Apsley House, The Wellington Museum, London, UK,© Historic England / Bridgeman Images

Image of Pauline Bonaparte, Princess Borghese as Venus Triumphant, c.1805 - 08 (marble), Canova, Antonio (1757 - 1822) / Galleria Borghese, Rome, Lazio, Italy ,© Alinari / Bridgeman Images

Image of Marie - Laetitia Ramolino (1750 - 1836) 1800, Bourgeois, Charles Guillaume Alexandre (1759 - 1832) / Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet, Paris, France, © Bridgeman Images

Image of Letizia Bonaparte Mother of Napoleon Bonaparte, she is depicted as frail, wearing a white dress with white wings, replicating an angel, © Tallandier / Bridgeman Images

Image of a Portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 - 1821) with his Nephews and Nieces on the Terrca at Saint - Cloud, 1810 (oil on canvas), Ducis, Louis (1775 - 1847), © Bridgeman Images

Image of Napoleon Bonaparte and his family, 1840, Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Private Collection © Giancarlo Costa / Bridgeman Images