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Lot 37

Baron GÉRARD (Follower of François-Pascal-Simon Gérard)

French, 1770 – 1837

Chateaubriand and Mme de Staël among the Greeks, ca. mid-19th century

oil on canvas

collector’s monogram and crown stamp on the reverse
presented in a richly carved giltwood period frame with plaque inscribed “Baron Gérard 1770–1837”
35 x 42 cm
56 x 63 cm (with frame)

Provenance

private collection, Istanbul, thence by descent, private collection, U.K.

Literature

Chateaubriand and Mme de Staël among the Greeks, lithograph by H. L. J. B. Aubry-Lecomte (1827), after a composition by François Gérard. Published by Léon Noël. Musée de l’Armée, Paris, inv. no. 27874.

Exhibited

Estimate

€ 4 000 – 6 000