The Prince Imperial (Son of Napoleon III)

The Prince Imperial (Son of Napoleon III)

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The subject, Napoléon Eugène Louis Jean Joseph (1856–1879), was the only son of the emperor Napoleon III and the empress Eugénie. For another cameo of the Prince Imperial, in the same collection, see 40.20.16.


European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.