Portrait of Josephine
by GÉRARD, François, Oil on canvas, 178 x 174 cm
One of the most fashionable portraitists of the Napoleonic era, G�rard had a fine feeling for artistic trends. Here he successfully combines a refined classical composition, the imperial taste, and a light palette. G�rard worked as a decorator at Malmaison, among other places, and this painting depicts Josephine Beauharnais, the mistress of the château and wife of the future French emperor, Napoleon Bonaparte.