Art, literature & historyCHARLES-ANDRE, COMTE POZZO DI BORGO, LIEUTENANT-GENERAL AU SERVICE DE LA RUSSIE ET AMBASSADEUR EN FRANCE (1764-1842)
François Gérard · 1824
François Gérard: 1770–1837
Other names (21)
Baron Francis Gerard, Baron François Gérard, baron francois pascal gerard, Baron François Pascal Simon Gérard, Baron Gerard, F. Gerard, f.p.s. gerard, Francis, Baron Gerard, francis gerard, Francois, Baron Gerard, francois gerard, francois-pascal gerard, francois pascal s. gerard, François Pascal Simon, Baron Gérard, Francois Pascal Simon Gerard, François-Pascal-Simon Gérard Baron, Gerard, Gerrard, Girard, M. Gérard, Monogrammist F. G. 91
Biography
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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Influenced by
- Jacques-Louis Davideditorial inference
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- Nicolas-Guy Breneteditorial inference
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Later influence
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- Adèle Grasseteditorial inference
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- Charles de Steubeneditorial inference
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Artworks by year
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Museums & collections
Documented holdings of works attributed to François Gérard. Check the museum’s record for current display information.
- musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon — Versailles110 recorded works
- Musée du Louvre10 recorded works
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art7 recorded works
- musée national du château de Fontainebleau — Fontainebleau5 recorded works
- Musée Carnavalet3 recorded works
- musée Condé — Chantilly2 recorded works
- Musée de Grenoble2 recorded works
- musée des beaux-arts — Dijon2 recorded works
- musée des beaux-arts et d'archéologie — Besançon2 recorded works
- maison de Victor Hugo — Paris1 recorded work
- Minneapolis Institute of Art1 recorded work
- musée Bertrand — Châteauroux1 recorded work
- musée d'art et d'histoire Saint-Germain — Auxerre1 recorded work
- musée des beaux-arts — Caen1 recorded work
- musée Girodet — Montargis1 recorded work
- musée Lambinet — Versailles1 recorded work
- Museo Nacional del Prado1 recorded work
- National Gallery of Ireland1 recorded work
- Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts1 recorded work
- Rijksmuseum1 recorded work
- The Cleveland Museum of Art1 recorded work
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- Rijksmuseum: independently verified selected paintings
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