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Artist in the Global Art Registry
François Gérard
1770–1837 · French
- Born
- 1770 · Rome
- Died
- 1837 · Paris
25 works in the Collect24 Registry
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François Pascal Simon Gérard was a French painter, titled as Baron Gérard in 1809. He was born in Rome, where his father held a post in the house of the French ambassador and his mother was Italian.
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François Pascal Simon Gérard (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa paskal simɔ̃ ʒeʁaʁ], 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 student of Jacques-Louis David, Gérard became one of the leading painters of the First French Empire (1804–1815) and the Bourbon Restoration (1815–1830). Court painter to Emperor Napoleon and later First Painter to Kings Louis XVIII and Charles X, Gérard enjoyed great renown across Europe. Nicknamed “the painter of kings, the king of painters”, he was the portraitist of choice for many European royal families. His salon was one of the most celebrated of its time and welcomed the some of the era’s most eminent figures. After he was made a baron of the Empire in 1809 by Emperor Napoleon, he was known formally as Baron Gérard.
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Registered works
25
In museum collections
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In private collections
Featured works
Selected registered works by François Gérard
Selected from 25 works by François Gérard in the Collect24 Registry.
François Gérard
Entrée de Henri IV à Paris le 22 mars 1594 (1830), 1830
canvas
173 × 325 cm
Department of Paintings of the Louvre
C24-254489
François Gérard
Portrait of Prince Viktor Kochubey, 1809
oil paint
66 × 55.5 cm
Hermitage Museum
C24-424559
François Gérard
The Coronation of Charles X, 1827
oil paint
514 × 972 cm
Department of Paintings of the Louvre
C24-265232
François Gérard
Charles-Ferdinand d'Artois, duc de Berry (1778-1820), 1820
oil paint
241 × 160 cm
Department of Paintings of the Louvre
C24-261953
François Gérard
Portrait of Marie-Louise, Duchess of Parma, c. 1810–1814
graphite and black and brown ink wash with white heightening
50.8 × 47.2 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art
C24-229971
François Gérard
The actress Mademoiselle Mars, 1810
oil paint
55.5 × 47.4 cm
Bavarian State Painting Collections
C24-186335
François Gérard
Alexander I, 1817
oil paint
Hermitage Museum
C24-412685
François Gérard
Bust Portrait of Antonio Canova, 1802
oil paint
Department of Paintings of the Louvre
C24-267222
François Gérard
Portrait de Julie Duvidal de Montferrier, 19e siècle
Peinture à l'huile , Toile (matériau)
Maison de Victor Hugo
C24-150580
François Gérard
Portrait de Mademoiselle Duchesnois (1777-1835), sociétaire de la Comédie-Française, dans le rôle de Didon, Entre 1805 et 1837
Peinture à l'huile , Toile (matériau)
Musée Carnavalet
C24-147215
François Gérard
Portrait d'Alphonse de Lamartine (1790-1869), poète, historien et homme politique, Vers 1831
Peinture à l'huile , Toile (matériau)
Musée Carnavalet
C24-147154
François Gérard
Portrait de Charles X (1757-1836), roi de France, en costume de sacre, Vers 1825
Peinture à l'huile , Toile (matériau)
Musée Carnavalet
C24-146689
Museums and collections
Where works by François Gérard are registered
- Musée Carnavalet
Paris, France
9 works
- Department of Paintings of the Louvre
France
5 works
- Belvedere
Austria
2 works
- Hermitage Museum
Russia
2 works
- Kunsthalle Bremen
Germany
2 works
- Bavarian State Painting Collections
Germany
1 work
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
1 work
- Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands Art Collection
Netherlands
1 work
- Maison de Victor Hugo
Paris, France
1 work
- Musée Cognacq-Jay
Paris, France
1 work
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