Horace Vernet
(Paris 1789 - 1863 Paris)

Portrait of Étienne Maurice, Count Gérard (1773-1852) at the Château de Villers-Saint-Paul in the Oise

oil on canvas
40.5 x 32.7 cm

Provenance:
Étienne-Maurice Gérard Collection (1773-1852), Château de Villers-Saint-Paul, Oise (until 1852).
His grandson, Jean-Etienne Desmiers d'Olbreuse, Count of Archiac, Château de Villers-Saint-Paul (1852-1927).
His nephew and adopted son, Count Ferdinand de Bryas-Desmiers d'Archiac.
By descent to the current owner.

Bibliography:
Etienne de Jouy and Jay, Salon d'Horace Vernet historical and picturesque analysis of the forty-five paintings exhibited at his home in 1822, Paris, Ponthieu, 1822, p. 176, cat. No. LI.

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