Time Flies
Original digital image as giclée print on archival Hahnemühle hemp paper,
antique entomological specimens, antique frame
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47 x 88 cm 
 
Josephine De Beauharnais, Napoleon Bonaparte’s first wife, is celebrated in this piece, and her tattoos reflect her passions and the empire of which she is synonymous. She was a famous loverof roses and so one adorns her arm, as well as her initial J, and the Napoleonic symbols, the eagle and the bee.