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Jan 28, 1761 Grasse, Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur, France Died on 18 May 1837 (aged 76)
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About Marguerite Gérard
- Marguerite Gérard (28 January 1761 in Grasse – 18 May 1837 in Paris) was a successful French painter and print-maker working in the Rococo style.
- She was the daughter of Marie Gilette and perfumer Claude Gérard.
- At eight years old she became the sister-in-law of Jean-Honoré Fragonard, and when she was 14, she went 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.
- Gérard and Fragonard created nine etchings in 1778.
- Historians currently believe Gérard was the sole artist of five of these etchings since many have a duplicate created by her tutor Fragonard.
- More than 300 genre paintings, 80 portraits, and several miniatures have been documented to Gérard.
- One of her paintings, The Clemency of Napoleon, was purchased by Napoleon in 1808.
