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Portrait Of Jérôme Bonaparte
''Portrait of Jérôme Bonaparte'' is an 1811 portrait painting by the French artist François Gérard depicting Jérôme Bonaparte, then the Kingdom of Westphalia, King of Westphalia. The younger brother of Napoleon, Emperor of France, he had been placed on the throne of the newly-created Kingdom in 1807 and held it until it was dissolved following the Battle of Leipzig in 1813. He is presented in coronation robes. The same year Gérard helped secure a commission for the young artist Horace Vernet to paint an equestrian portrait of Jérôme. The painting is held in the collection of the Palace of Fontainebleau, outside Paris.https://pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/joconde/50130000186 See also * ''Portrait of Joseph Bonaparte'', an 1808 portrait by Gérard featuring Jérôme's elder brother References Bibliography * Dion-Tenenbaum, Anne. ''L'orfèvre de Napoléon: Martin-Guillaume Biennais''. Réunion des musées nationaux, 2003. * Harkett, Daniel & Hornstein, Katie (ed.) ''Hor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Gérard
François Pascal Simon Gérard (, 4 May 1770 – 11 January 1837), titled as Baron Gérard in 1809, was a French painter. He was born in Rome, where his father occupied a post in the house of the French ambassador, and his mother was Italian. After he was made a baron of the Empire in 1809 by Emperor Napoleon, he was known formally as Baron Gérard. Life and career François Gérard was born in Rome to J. S. Gérard and Cleria Matteï. Henri Gérard 1888 At the age of twelve, Gérard obtained admission into the ''Pension du Roi'' in Paris. From the ''Pension'', he passed to the studio of the sculptor Augustin Pajou, which he left at the end of two years for the studio of the history painter Nicolas-Guy Brenet,Nicolas-Guy Brenet (1728–1792), professor at the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture, 1778. Michael Bryan, ''Dictionary of Painters and Engravers'', ''s.v.'' "Brenet, Nicolas Guy". Brenet was also the master of Jean Germain Drouais. whom he quit almost imme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
