François Gérard

An Allegory of Empress Josephine as Patroness of the Gardens at Malmaison

ca. 1805–6

Dating

Approximate date range

Held at

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Medium

Watercolor and pen and black ink, over black chalk underdrawing on paper, laid down on board

Dimensions

5 3/8 x 8 7/16 in. (13.7 x 21.4 cm)

Collection no.

2003.134

Attribution

By the artist

Image rights

CC0 1.0License details

François Gérard. An Allegory of Empress Josephine as Patroness of the Gardens at Malmaison. François Gérard; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Purchase, Guy Wildenstein Gift, 2003. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.