Studio of François-Pascal-Simon Gérard, called Baron Gérard (Rome 1770-1837 Paris)

Portrait of a young lady, seated, bust-length, possibly Hortense Eugénie Cécile Bonaparte (1783-1837)

Details

Studio of François-Pascal-Simon Gérard, called Baron Gérard (Rome 1770-1837 Paris)
Portrait of a young lady, seated, bust-length, possibly Hortense Eugénie Cécile Bonaparte (1783-1837)
oil on canvas
19 ¾ x 16 ¼ in. (50.2 x 41.2 cm.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's Arcade, New York, 19 January 1994, lot 327, as Follower of François-Pascal-Simon Gérard.

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Lot Essay

We are grateful to Mr. Alain Latreille for suggesting an attribution to an artist in Baron Gérard's studio and dating the painting to circa 1805-1808. He further notes that no prototype for this painting is known and that the sitter might be identified as Hortense Eugénie Cécile Bonaparte, stepdaughter of Napoleon Bonaparte and Queen Consort of Holland.

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