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Marguerite Gérard
(28th Jan, 1761 - 18th May, 1837)
L'heureuse fécondité ou les joies de la maternité
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Photo (C) Musée du Louvre, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais
musée du Louvre
http://www.louvre.fr
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Keywords:
drapery
Allegory (all)
portrait de jeune femme
tenderness
miniature (oeuvre)
sitting
fertility
portrait of a child
maternity ward
copy (reproduction)
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About the artwork
Title:
L'heureuse fécondité ou les joies de la maternité
Periods:
modern age
18th century
XVIIIth century
Techniques:
vellum (paper)
miniature on ivory
Dimensions:
64 x 64
Inventory number:
RF4290-recto
Detail:
Cette miniature aurait été éxécutée une oeuvre de Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Location:
musée du Louvre
About the author(s)
Author:
Marguerite Gérard
Also known as:
Marguerite Gerard
Born:
28th Jan, 1761
Dead:
18th May, 1837
Country:
France
See more about this author on Wikipedia:
Marguerite Gérard
(28 January 1761 in Grasse – 18 May 1837 in Paris) was a French painter and etcher. She was the daughter of Marie Gilette and perfumer Claude Gérard. At 8 years-old she became the sister-in-law of Jean-Honoré Fragonard, and when she was 14, she came to live with him. She was also the aunt of the artist Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard. Gérard became Fragonard's pupil in the mid-1770s and studied painting, drawing and printmaking under his tutelage. She appears to have executed five…
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