# Tomb of Empress Joséphine \(detail\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CARTELLIER, Pierre]() - Date: 1801-1850 - Technique: Marble ## Commentary When Joséphine de Beauharnais \(\(Marie Josèphe Rose, Tascher de la Pagerie\) died on May 29th 1814, her children decided to pay her a tribute by building a tomb deserving her and her legendary generosity. After eleven years of delay - explained by political background, opposition of State officials and hesitations from the commissioners - on September 28th 1825, however, the mortal remains of the Empress were put down in a white-marble tomb due to Louis Berthault, architect, and Pierre Cartellier, sculptor. The kneeling figure of the praying Empress surmounts her tomb. ## Related artworks - [Baron Vivant Denon]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()