François GERARD, known as BARON GERARD and ATELIER
Portrait... Lot 27
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François GERARD, known as BARON GERARD and ATELIER
Portrait of Giuseppa Carcano, Marquise de Visconti di Borgorato (1760 - 1840)
Original canvas
32.8x22.5cm
Remake of the ricordo by Baron Gerard in the Musée National du Château de Versailles et du Trianon (Canvas, 32x22cm. See the catalog des peintures du musée national du château de Versailles Paris, 1995, n°2102).
Baron Gerard's painting, which served as a model for the Versailles ricordo, was exhibited at the 1810 Salon (no. 354) and is now in the Louvre (canvas, 226.5x146cm).
Giuseppa Carcano Marquise Visconti (1760-1840) was born into a prominent Milanese noble family. She married Marquis Francesco Visconti. Distinguished by her wit and beauty, she embarked on an affair with Napoleon's aide-de-camp, later Maréchal Berthier. She moved to Paris, where she made a great impression and befriended Empress Josephine. She pursued her passionate relationship, and her passionate love letters to the marshal were criticized by the English press of the time.
We would like to thank Mr. Alain Latreille for sharing his opinion with us: "All these ricordi were produced in the painter's studio under his supervision and sometimes retouched, and are comparable with the set kept at the Château de Versailles, purchased by King Louis-Philippe's civil list at the sale after the painter's death in 1837".
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