Signature of Empress Joséphine
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The Signature of Empress Joséphine is the distinctive handwritten autograph used by Joséphine de Beauharnais, the first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte and the first Empress of the French, on her official and personal documents.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Signature of Empress Joséphine canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3055756 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Signature of Empress Joséphine Context triple: [Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie, signature, Signature of Empress Joséphine]
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Napoleon I on his Imperial Throne
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C.
Portrait of Adolphe Thiers
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Head of a Woman (Marie-Thérèse)
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Portrait of Madame Récamier
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Signature of Empress Joséphine Target entity description: The Signature of Empress Joséphine is the distinctive handwritten autograph used by Joséphine de Beauharnais, the first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte and the first Empress of the French, on her official and personal documents.
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A.
Portrait of the Duchess of Berry
Portrait of the Duchess of Berry is a Baroque-era oil painting by French artist Nicolas de Largillière depicting the aristocratic Duchess in lavish courtly attire.
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B.
Napoleon I on his Imperial Throne
"Napoleon I on his Imperial Throne" is a famous 1806 neoclassical portrait by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres depicting Napoleon in full imperial regalia as an idealized, authoritative ruler.
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C.
Portrait of Adolphe Thiers
Portrait of Adolphe Thiers is a 19th-century painted likeness of the French statesman Adolphe Thiers by the renowned realist portraitist Léon Bonnat.
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D.
Head of a Woman (Marie-Thérèse)
Head of a Woman (Marie-Thérèse) is a sculptural portrait by Pablo Picasso depicting his muse and lover Marie-Thérèse Walter, emblematic of his sensual, curvilinear style of the early 1930s.
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E.
Portrait of Madame Récamier
Portrait of Madame Récamier is a famous Neoclassical painting by Jacques-Louis David depicting the fashionable Parisian socialite Juliette Récamier reclining on a Directoire-style sofa.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
autograph
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handwritten signature ⓘ historical document feature ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Napoleonic imperial court
ⓘ
surface form:
French imperial court
Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ |
| associatedWithTitle | Empress of the French ⓘ |
| category |
French imperial artifact
ⓘ
historical autograph ⓘ royal signature ⓘ |
| chronologicallyAfter | signature of Viscountess de Beauharnais ⓘ |
| evidenceFor | authenticity of documents attributed to Joséphine ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance |
evidence of Joséphine’s historical presence
ⓘ
symbol of French imperial era ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
authentication of documents
ⓘ
confirmation of imperial decisions ⓘ expression of personal identity ⓘ |
| languageOfWriting | French ⓘ |
| materialForm | ink on paper ⓘ |
| preservedIn |
archives
ⓘ
museums ⓘ private collections ⓘ |
| relatedToEvent | reign of Napoleon I ⓘ |
| relatedToPerson | Joséphine de Beauharnais ⓘ |
| relatedToTitle | Empress consort of the French ⓘ |
| script | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| signedBy | Joséphine de Beauharnais ⓘ |
| studiedInField |
archival studies
ⓘ
diplomatics ⓘ paleography ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early 19th century
ⓘ
late 18th century ⓘ |
| usedBefore | divorce of Joséphine and Napoleon ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Joséphine de Beauharnais
ⓘ
surface form:
Empress Joséphine
Joséphine de Beauharnais ⓘ |
| usedDuringPeriod | First French Empire ⓘ |
| usedFor |
signing decrees
ⓘ
signing financial documents ⓘ signing letters ⓘ |
| usedInCapacityAs |
Empress of the French
ⓘ
wife of Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ |
| usedInCountry | France ⓘ |
| usedOn |
imperial court documents
ⓘ
legal documents ⓘ official documents ⓘ personal correspondence ⓘ |
| usedOnDocumentsAddressedTo |
European aristocracy
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surface form:
European nobility
French political figures ⓘ family members of Joséphine ⓘ |
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Subject: Signature of Empress Joséphine Description of subject: The Signature of Empress Joséphine is the distinctive handwritten autograph used by Joséphine de Beauharnais, the first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte and the first Empress of the French, on her official and personal documents.
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