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| François Gérard (1770–1837), later Baron Gérard |
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| Painting in frame: overall |
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| Painting in frame: corner |
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| Painting in frame: angled corner |
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| Profile drawing of frame. W 3 11/16 in. 9.4 cm (T. Newbery) |
Artist:baron Antoine Jean Gros (French, Paris 1771–1835 Meudon)
Date:ca. 1790
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:22 1/8 x 18 5/8 in. (56.2 x 47.3 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2002
Accession Number:2002.441
Both Gros and Gérard were favored students in the rough and tumble fraternity that was the atelier of Jacques Louis David. Intense friendships and rivalries developed there. Gros probably made this sensitive and delicate portrait in Paris before Gérard departed for study in Rome in 1790. Despite the subsequent rift in their friendship, Gérard kept his portrait for the rest of his life, and it remained with his descendants until recently.
Provenance
the sitter (until d. 1837); his widow, Marguerite-Françoise Gérard, baronne Gérard (1837–d. 1848); their nephew, Henri-Alexandre Gérard, baron Gérard, Paris and Calvados (1848–d. 1903); Maurice-Henri-François Gérard, baron Gérard, Paris and Calvados (1903–d. 1924); François Gérard, baron Gérard, Paris and Calvados (1924–d. 1929; ?his estate, until at least 1936); ?his sister, Marguerite, comtesse Dors de Lastours (after 1936); his daughter, Antoinette, duchesse d'Harcourt-Beuvron (until d. 1958); François-Charles d'Harcourt, duc d'Harcourt-Beuvron (1958–d. 1997); [Eric Turquin, Paris, by November 1997]; [Simon C. Dickinson, London, and Marlborough, London, until 1998; sold to Wrightsman]; Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, London and New York (1998–2002)
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