Monday, September 6, 2010

Marguerite Gerard - Artist Painting a Portrait of a Musician [c.1803]


Marguerite Gérard (Grasse, January 28, 1761 – Paris, May 18, 1837) was a French painter and etcher. She was the daughter of Marie Gilette and perfumer Claude Gérard. At 8 years-old she became the sister-in-law of Jean-Honoré Fragonard, and when she was 14 she became his pupil, and she often worked with him. She was also the aunt of the artist Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard.

[Oil on panel, 61 x 51.5 cm]

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