Sepia bust portrait of a bearded man in military uniform with a sash and medals, framed by a laurel wreath, on a tan mount.

Portrait of Napoleon III, Emperor, woven silk

A bust-length portrait of a bearded man in a dark military uniform with a white sash, medals and epaulettes, set within an oval frame above a wreath and radiating rays. The image appears as a monochrome, sepia-toned printed or woven panel on a fabric backing with a tan mount.

Artist: Marc-Laurent Bruyas
Date: 19th century
Medium: Silk, warp faced weft ribbed plain weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps, supplementary patterning wefts and self-pattern
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 2202 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1900).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Katherine Wright

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