Portrait of Madame Bessières, Wife of Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bessières ベシエール元帥夫人べしえーるげんすいふじん
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ベシエール元帥は、フランスの帝国騎兵隊の最高司令官として活躍し、この絵が描かれた前年の1813年に名誉の戦死を遂げた人物。ナポレオンもその栄誉ある死を讃えている。亡き夫を偲んで黒いドレスに身を包み、城館の庭の夫の胸像を見つめるベシエール夫人。夫人の右手首のブレスレットには夫の肖像画が見え、若く美しい未亡人の悲しみと、深い愛情が伝わってくる。肖像画の名手ルフェーヴルの技が冴える名品。モデルのドレスを見ると、喪に服すためのものであるが、当時の流行であるハイウエストのスタイルが取り入れられていることが分かる。
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Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Collection Database
This database showcases some 2,000 objects from our collection of some 30,000 pieces of artworks from various periods and cultures including Japanese, Eastern and Western works, ranging from paintings...
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The Japanese Council of Art Museums (JCAM) supports the accomplishment of mission of art museums and seeks to assist art museums in fully basing their activities in a social context. The organization holds an annual meeting, memorial forums at annual meetings, lectures, Curatorial Study Meetings, and Study Group activities every year. The information and reports generated by these various activities are then expected to be shared with member museums, the greater art-related world and the general public. JCAM was founded in 1952 with the aim of providing a forum for art museums in Japan to think and act together. The organization was registered as a general incorporated association on April 1st, 2020 and includes over 450 members (full members, individual members and supporting members).
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January 9, 2026