Category:Athénienne (Louvre, OA 10424)

**Napoleon's washstand**
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Instance of	washstand;
Depicts	swan and dolphin
Made from material	bronze; silver; yew wood;
Location	Room 555, Sully Wing, Louvre Palace, 1st arrondissement of Paris, Paris Centre, Paris, Grand Paris, France
Creator	Martin Guillaume Biennais; Joseph-Marie-Gabriel Genu;
Owned by	French State;
Location of creation	Paris;
Collection	Department of Decorative Arts of the Louvre;
Inventory number	OA 10424 (Department of Decorative Arts of the Louvre);
Inception	1800s (1800–1804);
Width	18.5 cm;
Diameter	47.8 cm;
Height	90.5 cm;
Authority file
	Q19543861; Joconde work ID: 50380018583; Louvre Museum ARK ID: 010103631
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Napoleon's washstand

Artist



Alternative names	Martin-Guillaume Biennais
Description	French goldsmith and tabletier
Date of birth/death	29 April 1764 / 29 May 1764	27 March 1843 / 26 March 1843
Location of birth/death	La Cochère	Paris
Work period	18^th century date QS:P,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7 & 19^th century date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Work location	Paris (1779–1843)
Authority file	: Q1694164 VIAF: 13380930 ISNI: 0000000066804969 ULAN: 500061154 LCCN: nr2004000699 GND: 129174459 SUDOC: 063761173 BNF: 145256612 Léonore: [ LH//235/45] RKD: 221148 J9U: 987007352132905171 Koninklijke: 268390096 WorldCat

Joseph-Marie-Gabriel Genu (1763–1810)
Alternative names	Marie-Joseph-Gabriel Genu
Description	goldsmith
Date of birth/death	1763	1810
Authority file	: Q28122270 VIAF: 96360879 ULAN: 500092858

Title

Napoleon's washstand

Object type

washstand

Description

English: Tripod bassin made for the personal room of First Consul Napoléon Bonaparte at the Tuileries palace

Français : Athénienne, meuble de toilette pour la chambre de Napoléon Bonaparte (1769-1821), alors premier consul, au palais des Tuileries

Lucie Streiff-Rivail; Isabelle Pelletier, Charles-Hilaire Valentin, Nicolas Neumann, Lydia Labadi, Astrid Bargeton, Loïc Levêque, Sarah Zhiri, Michel Brousset, Béatrice Bourgerie, Mélanie Le Gros, Henri Loyrette, Xavier Dectot, Daniel Percheron, Jean-Luc Martinez, Vincent Pomarède (November 2012) (in French) Louvre-Lens, le guide 2013, p. 276−277 ISBN: 978-2-36838-002-4.

Date

from 1800 until 1804

Medium

bronze, silver and yew wood

Dimensions

height: 90.5 cm (35.6 in)

; width: 18.5 cm (7.2 in)

; diameter: 47.8 cm (18.8 in)

Collection

Louvre Museum (Inventory)

	Native name	Louvre Museum
	Location	Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois , France
	Coordinates	48° 51′ 40″ N, 2° 20′ 09″ E
	Established	10 August 1793
	Website	www.louvre.fr
	Authority file	: Q19675 VIAF: 257711507 ISNI: 000000012260177X ULAN: 500125189 LCCN: n80020283 NLA: 35912436 WorldCat