Joséphine Bowes’s gift to Napoleon III: Antoine-Jean Gros’s ‘Napoleon distributing the cross of the Legion
of Honour to artists during his
visit to the Salon of 1808’
7. Napoleon distributing the Cross of the
Legion of Honour to artists during his visit
to the Salon of 1808, by Antoine-Jean Gros.
1808. Oil on canvas, 350 by 640 cm. (Château
de Versailles; Bridgeman Images).
Western art unattributed:
8. Writing desk. France, c.1750. Lacquer with
gilded bronze mounts, 105 by 120 by 60 cm.
(Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle).
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Some Old Masters Other Than Spanish at the Bowes Museum
1. Crucifixion. Central Panel of Triptych by the 'Master of the Virgo Inter Virgines'. Panel, 218.4 by 194.3 cm. (Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle.)
Attributed works:
3. Detail of Fig. 1.
Attributed works:
4. Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni, by Francesco Trevisani. Signed. Canvas, 134.6 by 99.1 cm. (Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle.)
Attributed works:
5. The Rape of Helen, by Francesco Primaticcio. Canvas, 190.5 by 212.1 cm. (Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle.)
Attributed works:
6. Christ at the Lake of Tiberias, by Martin van Heemskerck. Signed and Dated 1567. Panel, 69.9 by 124.5 cm. (Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle.)
Western art unattributed:
2. Triptych. Flemish, Sixteenth Century, Close to B. van Orley. Inscribed 'WK' (?). Central Panel, 74.9 by 67.9 cm; Wings, Each 74.9 by 28.6 cm. (Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle.)
35. The Virgin of Montserrat, with Donor, by Fray Juan Rizi. Canvas, 246.4 by 167.6 cm. (Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle.)
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36. A Hieronymite Nun (St Eustochium?), by Juan de Valdés Lcal. Canvas, 207 by 124.5 cm. (Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle.)
Attributed works:
37. Christ and the Virgin Crowning St Juan de Dios with Thorns, by Francisco Camilo. Signed and Dated 1650. Canvas, 233.7 by 127 cm. (Cut at Sides). (Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle.)
Attributed works:
38. The Healing of Tobit, by Antonio de Pereda. Signed and Dated 1652. Canvas, 194.3 by 158.7 cm. (Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle.)