43. After Joseph Karl Stieler, 19th century Portrait of Eugène de Beauharnais; Portrait of Princess Augusta of Bavaria a pair, oil on canvas 71.5 x 56.5cm (28 1/8 x 22 1/4in); 73 x 60cm (28 3/4 x 23 5/8in) (2) Provenance Art Market France, where purchased by the present owner during 1980s Private Collection, Italy for at least 40 years The portrait of Eugène de Beauharnais derives from the original by Joseph Karl Stieler (1781-1858) now at the Pushkin Museum, Moscow (inv. Ж-1441), while the original portrait of the Princess Augusta-Amèlie is conserved at the Château de Rueil-Malmaison (inv. MM2008.18.1). In the latter portrait, Princess Augusta-Amèlie, is wearing the exceptional parure which included the 'Leuchtenberg necklace' which she later gifted to her mother-in-law, the Empress Joséphine de Beauharnais (1763-1814).