Corinne at Cape Miseno
by GÉRARD, François, Oil on canvas, 266 x 277 cm
In 1819 Madame R�camier received as a gift from Prince Augustus of Prussia a picture by G�rard, an affecting realization of Madame de Staël as Corinne, set like Sappho on the wild shore of Cape Miseno and pausing in her recitation of an ode when interrupted by her infatuated admirer, Lord Nelvil. Corinne looks up heavenwards in her confusion.