Lot 57
Lot 57
CHICAGO CLASSICAL: A PRIVATE COLLECTION
BARON FRANÇOIS-PASCAL-SIMON GÉRARD (ROME 1770-1837 PARIS)

Portrait of Alexandre Gérard, sister-in-law of the artist, bust-length, before a landscape

Price Realised USD 88,200
Estimate
USD 100,000 - USD 150,000
Closed: 7 Oct 2022
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BARON FRANÇOIS-PASCAL-SIMON GÉRARD (ROME 1770-1837 PARIS)

Portrait of Alexandre Gérard, sister-in-law of the artist, bust-length, before a landscape

Price Realised USD 88,200
Closed: 7 Oct 2022
Price Realised USD 88,200
Closed: 7 Oct 2022
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BARON FRANÇOIS-PASCAL-SIMON GÉRARD (ROME 1770-1837 PARIS)
Portrait of Alexandre Gérard, sister-in-law of the artist, bust-length, before a landscape
dated '21 Juillet 1823' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas, unlined
2534 x 2112 in. (65 x 54.5 cm.)
Provenance
The sitter, and by descent in the family.
with Newhouse Galleries, New York, where acquired by the present owner in 1995.
Literature
Ouevres de Baron Fançois Gérard, III, Paris, 1857, n.p., as dated to 1831.
H.A. Gérard, Lettres Adressés au Baron François Gérard Peiture d'Histoire, Paris, 1888, p. 410, as dated to 1831.
Exhibited
Paris, Palais des Beaux arts de la ville de Paris, David et ses élèves, April-June 1913, no. 106.
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Taylor AlessioJunior Specialist, Head of Part II
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