Artist(s):

after Gérard, François, baron (1770-1837)

sc. Legris

Composed Title English:

Marie-Louise and the King of Rome.

Inscribed Title:

Marie-Louise, Archiduchesse d'Autriche. || Impératrice des français et le Roi de Rome.

Inscription:

Peint par Gérard // Gravé par Legris

Description:

Marie-Louise, full-length, holding the infant Roi de Rome, who is standing on his cradle. He holds an apple in his right hand and wears the Grand Cordon and Star of the Legion of Honour. Behind Marie-Louise, a chair upon which rest a book and a handkerchief. Intimate, genre scene of daily life. From Gérard's painting.

Original Work:

L'impératrice Marie-Louise présentant le Roi de Rome.

by

Gérard, François, baron (1770-1837)

1813

. Oil on canvas; 240 x 162 cm; Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon.

Subject Heading(s):

Napoléon François Charles Joseph, Duke of Reichstadt (1811-1832)

Napoléon François Charles Joseph, Duke of Reichstadt (1811-1832) -- King of Rome

Marie-Louise, Arch-Duchess of Austria, Empress of the French (1791-1847)

Medium:

engraving

Dimensions:

308 x 228 mm (sheet)

Paper Type:

wove paper

Condition:

fine

Copy Specific:

verso, in pencil : "42" ; "V" ; "°/" ; "10 x 6 3/4"

McGill Notes:

Pennington Catalogue p. 2190

Related Works:

Gérard, François, baron (1770-1837); 'L'impératrice Marie-Louise présentant le Roi de Rome.'

LocNo:

8° O XIV 003