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François Gérard: Entry of Henry IV into the City of Paris, 22 March 1594 Painting by Baron Francois Gerard of Napoleon Bonaparte standing in ornate coronation robes, holding a scepter, with a crown and throne visible beside him. EugÚne de Beauharnais Lamartine, detail of an oil painting by François Gérard; in the Musée National de Versailles et des Trianons
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François Gérard: Entry of Henry IV into the City of Paris, 22 March 1594
François Gérard: Entry of Henry IV into the City of Paris, 22 March 1594 Entry of Henry IV into the City of Paris, 22 March 1594, oil on canvas by François Gérard, 1817; in the National Museum of Versailles and Trianon, France.

François Gérard

French painter
Also known as: Baron François-Pascal-Simon Gérard
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François GĂ©rard (born May 4, 1770, Rome, Papal States [Italy]—died January 11, 1837, Paris, France) was a Neoclassical painter best known for his portraits of celebrated European personalities, particularly the leading figures of the French First Empire and Restoration periods. GĂ©rard studied first under the sculptor Augustin Pajou and later with the painter Jacques-Louis David, whose assistant he became after 1791. In 1793, at David’s request, he was named a member of the French Revolutionary...

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