RARE Autograph and Book Auction October 17th
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/17/2024
Interesting ALS written and signed by Gerad relating to the portraits of the prince and princess Murat. It is accompanied with an old short catalog description and related article about the letter and correspondence.
François Pascal Simon Gérard (4 May 1770 – 11 January 1837),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.
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