Friday, May 27, 2022

François Gérard 

(1770 - 1837)

François Pascal Simon Gérard titled as Baron Gérard in 1809, was a prominent 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. 

 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/François_Gérard

Caroline, reine de Naples et ses enfants
1810 - 1811
Oil on canvas
217,5 x 170,5 cm
Musée national du Château de Fontainebleau
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Bonaparte

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