ID 1435455
Lot 18 | CIRCLE OF BARON FRANÇOIS PASCAL SIMON GÉRARD(ROME 1770-1837 PARIS)
Estimate value
$ 60 000 – 80 000
(ROME 1770-1837 PARIS)
Portrait of a lady as Sappho, traditionally identified as Mademoiselle George
oil on canvas, unlined
46 x 35 5/8 in. (116.8 x 90.5 cm.)
with inscription 'Bron Gerard / 1819' (on the reverse)
Provenance
Maréchal Bugeaud, Château de Païssons (according to a label on the reverse).
Dr. Antoine Chautereau (according to a label on the reverse).
with Wildenstein & Co., by 1964, where acquired circa 1965 by,
Private collection, and by whom sold,
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 24 January 2008, lot 94, as 'Circle of Jacques-Louis David', where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
J. Mut i Arbós, 'Sappho Recalled to Life by Music', Music in Art, XLIII, Fall 2018, pp. 29 and 45, note 18, fig. 8, as 'François Gerard'.
Exhibited
San Francisco, M.H. De Young Memorial Museum, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Man, Glory, Jest, and Riddle: A Survey of the Human Form through the Ages, 10 November 1964-3 January 1965, no. 185, as 'Baron Francois Gérard, Mlle. George.'
| Artist: | François Gérard (1770 - 1837) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Genre: | Nude art, Mythological painting, Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | François Gérard (1770 - 1837) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Genre: | Nude art, Mythological painting, Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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