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Portrait of Madame Mere

Portrait of Madame Mere (© National Galleries of Scotland)

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Francois Gerard (1770 - 1837)

Scottish National Gallery

circa 1802 - 1804

Portrait of Madame Mere (Letiza Bonaparte, nee Ramolino 1750-1836). She is dressed sumptuously in the Empire style beside a table bearing a bust of Napoleon laureate.

  • Medium: oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 213 x 130 cm
  • Art Fund Grant: £40000 ( Total: £290,000)
  • ArtFunded in: 1989
  • Vendor: Heim Gallery

Provenance

Jerome Bonaparte, Cassel Palace; San Donato Collection (sale Rome, 1880); Madame Asselin, Paris; E.Schidner, Paris; Nouveau Drouot, Paris, 1983.


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