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FRANÇOIS-PASCAL-SIMON GÉRARD, CALLED BARON GÉRARD (ROME 1770-1837 PARIS)
A historical battle scene in before an altar (recto); Warriors with shields and a crowned figure (verso); and Two studies of allegorical figures
graphite, pen and black ink, grey wash, heightened with white (recto); graphite, pen and black ink, grey and brown wash (verso); black chalk, brown and grey wash, squared (ii, iii), watermark 'D & C [Blauw] (iii)
778 x 13 in. (20 x 33 cm.) with an added strip of paper along the lower margin (i); 7 x 758 in. (17.9 x 19.5 cm.) (ii); 814 x 12 in. (21 x 30.9 cm.) (iii)
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Lot Essay

Although no corresponding more finished work by Gérard is known, the drawing appears to be an allegory related to the French Revolution, judging by the Phrygian cap held up near the altar at upper left. Gérard worked on several similar compositions in the mid-1790s (see L. Prat, Le Dessin français du XIXe siècle, Paris, 2011, pp. 69-70, figs. 130, 131).

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