François Gérard


May 4, 1770: French painter François Gérard was born in Rome, Italy. At the age of twelve, he obtained admission into the Pension du Roi in Paris then after that he studied under the famed Jacques-Louis David. He is best remembered for his portraits - all of the leading figures of the French Empire and of the Bourbon Restoration plus all of the most celebrated men and women of Europe sat for him.

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