FRANÇOIS-PASCAL-SIMON GÉRARD, BARON GÉRARD (ROME 1770-1837 PARIS) AND STUDIO

Lot 20
02.12.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
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AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1511760
Lot 20 | FRANÇOIS-PASCAL-SIMON GÉRARD, BARON GÉRARD (ROME 1770-1837 PARIS) AND STUDIO
Estimate value
£ 80 000 – 120 000
FRANÇOIS-PASCAL-SIMON GÉRARD, BARON GÉRARD (ROME 1770-1837 PARIS) AND STUDIO
Portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), Emperor of France, three-quarter-length, in Coronation robes
signed(?) with initials and dated 'F.G. 1811' (lower left)
oil on canvas
57 7/8 x 44 ¼ in. (147 x 112.5 cm.)
in a French Louis XV carved and gilded centre and corner frame of circa 1750




Provenance

(Presumably) one of the four portraits painted for les grands officiers civils de la Couronne in 1811, for which the artist was paid 24,000 francs.
(Possibly) acquired by Lady Rosamond Christie (1882-1935) for Tapeley Park, North Devon, and by descent.
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