Portrait of Jérôme Bonaparte
| Portrait of Jérôme Bonaparte | |
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| Artist | François Gérard |
| Year | 1811 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, portrait painting |
| Dimensions | 218.5 cm × 143.5 cm (86.0 in × 56.5 in) |
| Location | Palace of Fontainebleau, Fontainebleau |
Portrait of Jérôme Bonaparte is an 1811 portrait painting by the French artist François Gérard depicting Jérôme Bonaparte, then the King of Westphalia.[1] [2] The younger brother of Napoleon, Emperor of France, he had been placed on the throne of the newly-created Kingdom in 1807 and held it until it was dissolved following the Battle of Leipzig in 1813. He is presented in coronation robes. The same year Gérard helped secure a commission for the young artist Horace Vernet to paint an equestrian portrait of Jérôme.[3]
Today the painting is in the collection of the Palace of Fontainebleau outside Paris.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Dion-Tenenbaum p.88
- ^ Tulard p.186
- ^ Harkett & Hornstein p.6
- ^ https://pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/joconde/50130000186
Bibliography
[edit]- Dion-Tenenbaum, Anne. L'orfèvre de Napoléon: Martin-Guillaume Biennais. Réunion des musées nationaux, 2003.
- Harkett, Daniel & Hornstein, Katie (ed.) Horace Vernet and the Thresholds of Nineteenth-Century Visual Culture. Dartmouth College Press, 2017.
- Tulard, Jean. L'histoire de Napoléon par la peinture. Archipel, 2005.
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