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| General Étienne-Maurice Gérard (1773–1852) |
Artist:Jacques Louis David (French, Paris 1748–1825 Brussels)
Date:1816
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:77 5/8 x 53 5/8 in. (197.2 x 136.2 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Purchase, Rogers and Fletcher Funds, and Mary Wetmore Shively Bequest, in memory of her husband, Henry L. Shively, M.D., 1965
Accession Number:65.14.5
Following Napoleon’s defeat at the battle of Waterloo in 1815, Jacques Louis David, a leading figure in the French revolution and first painter to the Emperor, went into exile in Brussels. There he painted General Gérard, a commander in the French army and a member of the imperial aristocracy who had also settled temporarily in the Belgian capital. This portrait is among the first David painted abroad and it is remarkable for its clear, bright color and sharp realism.
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