#Appiani

[empirearchives]

Two portraits of Francesca Lechi

1. By Giovanni Battista Gigola, 1800

2. By Andrea Appiani, 1803

Francesca Lechi was involved in Napoleonic events in Italy, such as the Revolution in Brescia, which took place when Napoleon’s army entered the region in 1797. She met Joachim Murat at a ball, and the two had an affair. She even followed him to Paris, until her husband wrote to Napoleon complaining of the situation. She was active in political events, procuring the fabric used for the tricolor flag hoisted on the Broletto in Brescia.

Stendhal, in Vie de Napoléon, said of her:

“Countess Gherardi, daughter of Count Lecchi, had perhaps the most beautiful eyes in Brescia, the land of beautiful eyes. She added to all her father’s genius a gentle cheerfulness, a real simplicity, which was never altered.”

(Source)

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[detournementsmineurs]

“Empress Josephine" by Andrea Appiani (circa 1808), "Intaglio Set for Josephine" by Nitot (circa 1809), "Malachite Cameo Parure" belonging to Empress Josephine and attributed to Nitot (circa 1810) and "Portrait of Empress Josephine as Queen of Italy" by Andrea Appuani (1807) presented in “A History of Jewellery: Bedazzled (part 5: 19th Century)” by Beatriz Chadour-Sampson - International Jewellery Historian and Author - for the V&A Academy online, march 2024.

[cdmtraveling]

Living Room Milan

Large open concept light wood floor and wallpaper living room library photo with white walls and a concealed tv

[strangenation]

Living Room Milan

Large open concept light wood floor and wallpaper living room library photo with white walls and a concealed tv

[dinnerandasuit]

Living Room Milan

Large open concept light wood floor and wallpaper living room library photo with white walls and a concealed tv

[franckpellegrino]

Living Room Milan

Large open concept light wood floor and wallpaper living room library photo with white walls and a concealed tv

[graysonwhite]

Living Room Milan

Large open concept light wood floor and wallpaper living room library photo with white walls and a concealed tv

[hanayoyos]

Living Room (Milan)

[diioonysus]

who tends the orchards? who fixes up the gables? emotional torture from the head of your high table who fetches the water from the rocky mountain spring? and walk back down again to feel your words and their sharp sting and i'm getting fucking tired the capillaries in my eyes are bursting if our love died, would that be the worst thing? for somebody I thought was my saviour you sure make me do a whole lot of labour the calloused skin on my hands is cracking if our love ended, would that be a bad thing? and the silence haunts our bed chamber you make me do too much labour

[apurpledust]

Napoléon Bonaparte by Andrea Appiani (1754-1817)

[empirearchives]

Andrea Appiani: Napoleon and Josephine, king and queen of Italy, 1807

[illustratus]

Portrait of Joséphine de Beauharnais by Andrea Appiani

[maertyrer]

Andrea Appiani (scope of) St. Sebastian, St. Antony Abate, St. Januarius and another Holy Bishop

Oil on canvas, 25x28 cm, 18th/19th century

[tragediambulante]

Venus Fastens the Girdle for Juno, Andrea Appiani, about 1811

[granstromjulius]

Andrea Appiani