Marguerite Gérard
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Marguerite Gérard was a French painter and printmaker working in the Rococo style. She was the daughter of Marie Gilette and perfumer Claude Gérard. At eight years old, she became the sister-in-law of
Marguerite Gérard, by François Dumont
The Clemency of Napoleon (1806)
La duchesse d'Abrantès et le général Junot (Duchess of Abrantès and General Junot), oil on canvas, ca. 1800
La Maternité (Motherhood), oil on canvas, 51 x 61 cm, 1795–1800
Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard
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Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard was a French painter and sculptor in the troubadour style. He received his first training from his father and drew from him his piquant subjects and great facility, perfec
Self-portrait, c. 1815
Diane de Poitiers in the studio of Jean Goujon, 1825
The Immured based on the legend of the Château du Bousquet, recorded in the Chronicle of the House of Roquefeuil (1926) by Colonel Daupeyroux which tells of a lord who walled up his daughter and a neighbor lover over an illicit affair
Scene in the bedroom of Marguerite of Valois during the night of Saint Bartholomew, 1836, Musée du Louvre, Paris