Portrait Of Jérôme Bonaparte
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''Portrait of Jérôme Bonaparte'' is an 1811
portrait painting Portrait painting is a Hierarchy of genres, genre in painting, where the intent is to represent a specific human subject. The term 'portrait painting' can also describe the actual painted portrait. Portraitists may create their work by commissio ...
by the French artist
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. A ...
depicting
Jérôme Bonaparte Jérôme Bonaparte (born Girolamo Buonaparte; 15 November 1784 – 24 June 1860) was the youngest brother of Napoleon, Napoleon I and reigned as Jerome Napoleon I (formally Hieronymus Napoleon in German), Kingdom of Westphalia, King of Westphal ...
, then the
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. The younger brother of
Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led Military career ...
,
Emperor of France Emperor of the French ( French: ''Empereur des Français'') was the title of the monarch and supreme ruler of the First French Empire and the Second French Empire. The emperor of France was an absolute monarch. Details After rising to power by ...
, 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 The Battle of Leipzig, also known as the Battle of the Nations, was fought from 16 to 19 October 1813 at Leipzig, Saxony. The Coalition armies of Austria, Prussia, Sweden, and Russia, led by Tsar Alexander I, Karl von Schwarzenberg, and G ...
in 1813. He is presented in
coronation A coronation ceremony marks the formal investiture of a monarch with regal power using a crown. In addition to the crowning, this ceremony may include the presentation of other items of regalia, and other rituals such as the taking of special v ...
robes. The same year Gérard helped secure a commission for the young artist
Horace Vernet Émile Jean-Horace Vernet (; 30 June 178917 January 1863) more commonly known as simply Horace Vernet, was a French painter of battles, portraits, and Orientalist subjects. Biography Early career Vernet was born to Carle Vernet, another famo ...
to paint an
equestrian portrait An equestrian portrait is a portrait that shows the subject on horseback. Equestrian portraits suggest a high-status sitter, who in many cases was a monarch or other member of the nobility, and the portraits can also carry a suggestion of chivalry ...
of Jérôme. The painting is held in the collection of the
Palace of Fontainebleau Palace of Fontainebleau ( , ; ), located southeast of the center of Paris, in the commune of Fontainebleau, is one of the largest French royal châteaux. It served as a hunting lodge and summer residence for many of the List of French monarchs ...
, outside
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.https://pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/joconde/50130000186


See also

* ''
Portrait of Joseph Bonaparte ''Portrait of Joseph Bonaparte'' is an 1808 portrait painting by the French artist François Gérard. It depicts Joseph Bonaparte, recently created King of Spain, in his coronation robes. Joseph, the elder brother of Napoleon, had been King of Nap ...
'', 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.) ''Horace Vernet and the Thresholds of Nineteenth-Century Visual Culture''. Dartmouth College Press, 2017. * Tulard, Jean. ''L'histoire de Napoléon par la peinture''. Archipel, 2005. 1811 paintings Paintings by François Gérard Paintings in the Palace of Fontainebleau 19th-century portraits Portraits of men {{1810s-painting-stub