General Étienne-Maurice Gérard (1773–1852), 1816, Oil on canvas, 77 5/8 x 53 5/8 in. (197.2 x 136.2 cm), Paintings, Jacques Louis David (French, Paris 1748–1825 Brussels), Following Napoleon’s defeat at the battle of Waterloo in 1815, Jacques Louis David, a leading figure in the French revolution and first painter to the Emperor, went into exile in Brussels. There he painted General Gérard, a high-ranking commander in the French army and a member of the imperial aristocracy who had also settled temporarily in the Belgian capital
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General Étienne-Maurice Gérard, 1773–1852, 1816, Oil, canvas, 77 5/8 x 53 5/8, 197.2 136.2 cm, Paintings, Jacques Louis David, French, Paris, 1748–1825, Brussels, Following Napoleon, defeat, battle, Waterloo, 1815, Louis, David, leading figure, French revolution, first painter, Emperor, went, exile, painted General, Gérard, high-ranking commander, army, member, imperial aristocracy, settled temporarily, Belgian capital
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