François-Pascal-Simon, Baron Gérard

1836-c. 1838

Pierre-Jean David d'Angers

Artist, French, 1788 - 1856

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Possibly a gift from the artist to Gérard's widow, Marguerite-François Mattei [d. 1 December 1848].[1] Private collection, Paris, c. 1990; (André Lemaire, Paris), by December 1990;[2] purchased with donated funds 4 March 1991 by NGA.
[1] Gérard, Baron Henri, Lettres adressées au baron François Gérard..., 2nd ed., 2 vols., Paris, 1886: 1:29.
[2] In NGA curatorial files.

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Exhibition History

1991

  • Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1991, supplement to catalogue, color repro.

Bibliography

1994

  • Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 63, repro.

2000

  • Butler, Ruth, and Suzanne Glover Lindsay, with Alison Luchs, Douglas Lewis, Cynthia J. Mills, and Jeffrey Weidman. European Sculpture of the Nineteenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2000: 219-224, color repro.

2010

  • Le Nouëne, Patrick, Catherine Lesseur, and Véronique Boidard. David d'Angers Portraitiste: Catalogue sommaire des bustes de P.-J. David d'Angers conservées à la Galerie David d'Angers. Angers, 2010: 137, under no. 112.

Inscriptions

incised in block letters in the model, on front of herm: A GERARD / P.J. DAVID / 1838; apparently in David's own handwriting, in black chalk, watercolor, or India ink, on left of herm: à Madame Gerard / David

Wikidata ID

Q63861005

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