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Marguerite Gérard

?–1837

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Marguerite Gérard was a French painter of small-scale interior scenes executed in oil on panel with meticulous attention to light, texture, and domestic detail. Working in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, she maintained a refined genre tradition oriented toward private collectors rather than academic exhibition. Her compositions captured intimate moments of household life with a technical precision rooted in 18th-century practice, even as Romanticism dominated her era. Based in Grasse, Gérard sustained this disciplined approach to easel painting throughout her long career.

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Artworks (7)

Deserved Sorrows

1788 · oil on canvas

overall: 45 × 55 cm (17 11/16 × 21 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

I Reread them with Pleasure

1787 · oil paint

overall: 45 × 55 cm (17 11/16 × 21 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

To the Genius of Franklin

1779 · Etching; second state of two

sheet: 21 3/4 x 16 5/8 in. (55.2 x 42.2 cm) image: 19 15/16 x 14 11/16 in. (50.6 x 37.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Child and the Bulldog

1778 · etching on laid paper

plate: 19.1 × 26.2 cm (7 1/2 × 10 5/16 in.) sheet: 20.7 × 27.5 cm (8 1/8 × 10 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Child and the Cat

1778 · Etching and drypoint in black on ivory laid paper

Image: 22.8 × 17 cm (9 × 6 3/4 in.); Plate: 26.1 × 19.1 cm (10 5/16 × 7 9/16 in.); Sheet: 27.1 × 20.3 cm (10 11/16 × 8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Child and the Bulldog

1778 · laid paper

6 7/8 × 8 3/4 in. (17.5 × 22.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

To the Genius of Franklin

1778 · Etching printed in brown ink; first state of two

Image: 21 5/8 × 16 1/2 in. (54.9 × 41.9 cm) Sheet: 22 3/8 x 17 3/4 in. (56.8 x 45.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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7 published of 31 catalogued · 31 with image

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I Reread them with Pleasure
1787 · Nga · 5 prov
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The Child and the Bulldog
1778 · Met · 4 prov
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To the Genius of Franklin
1779 · Met · 3 prov
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