DETAILS
- Artist
- François Gérard
- Date
- 1794
- Location
- Department of Paintings of the Louvre
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THE ARTIST
François Gérard
François Gérard, a student of Jacques-Louis David, rose to become the "painter of kings," capturing the likenesses of European royalty and the leading figures of the Napoleonic Empire and Bourbon Restoration.
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