Artist(s):

after Gérard, François, baron (1770-1837)

sc. Langlois

Composed Title English:

The Empress Marie Louise and the King of Rome.

Inscribed Title:

L'IMPÉRATRICE MARIE-LOUISE, || et le Roi de Rome

Inscription:

Gérard pinxt //Langlois sc. // Parie, Furne, Impie de Bougeard

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) -- King of Rome

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

Medium:

engraving

Publication Place:

Paris

Printer Name:

Bougeard

Dimensions:

263 x 204 mm (sheet)

Paper Type:

wove paper

Condition:

fine

Copy Specific:

recto: upper left, in pencil, erased : "Imperial Family || ROI DE || ROME || In order"

McGill Notes:

Pennington Catalogue p. 2218

Related Works:

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

LocNo:

8° O XIV 004