François Pascal Simon Gérard, titled as Baron Gérard in 1809, was a prominent French painter. He was born in Rome, where his father occupied a post in the house of the French ambassador, and his mother was Italian. After he was made a baron of the Empire in 1809 by Emperor Napoleon, he was known formally as Baron Gérard.
Francois Gérard aged 54, by Sir Thomas Lawrence
François Gérard by Antoine-Jean Gros, c.1790
Family tomb in Montparnasse Cemetery
Napoleon Bonaparte as First Consul, 1803
Maria-Letizia Bonaparte, known as Letizia Bonaparte, was a Corsican noblewoman and the mother of Napoleon I of France. She received the title "Madame Mère" due to her status as the Emperor's mother.
Letizia Bonaparte (Madame Mère) by Robert Lefèvre c.1813
Carlo Bonaparte and Letizia Ramolino
Portrait of Letizia Bonaparte by François Gérard, c. 1802
Portrait of Maria Letizia Bonaparte by Joseph Karl Stieler, 1811.