François-Pascal-Simon, Baron Gérard, 1836-c. 1838

Not on View

Medium

plaster

Dimensions

overall: 61 x 39.7 x 30 cm (24 x 15 5/8 x 11 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of The Christian Humann Foundation, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Accession Number

1991.95.1

Artists / Makers

Pierre-Jean David d'Angers (artist) French, 1788 - 1856

Image Use

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Inscription

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

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.

Associated Names

Lemaire, André
Mattei, Marguerite-François
Private Collection (NGA Former Owner)

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.