Portrait of Maximilien-Sébastien Foy / Baron François Gérard
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2004/2.8
- Title
- Portrait of Maximilien-Sébastien Foy
- Artist
- Baron François Gérard
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Artist Life Dates
- 1770-1837
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- Object Creation Date
- 1826
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- France (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- France (nation)
- Style/Group/Movement
- Romanticism
- Dimensions
- 257.18 cm x 168.91 cm (101 1/4 in. x 66 1/2 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- portrait
- Physical Description
- This portrait painting shows a full-length, life-size figure of a man. He is standing on the top of a mountain against the background of a sky with dark clouds and a rocky mountain range. He is facing the viewer but his gaze is directed to the right. He is dressed in a French military uniform of the Napoleonic time period, including black leather riding boots, a sabre and a large black cloak that billows in the wind. He holds his hat in his hands. His uniform decorations and medals are shown in great detail.
- Subject Matter
- Gérard painted this portrait of General Maximilien Foy after the death of the sitter, who was the painter's friend, in 1825. Maximilien Foy was a distinguished French general and statesman during the early 19th century. He served in several campaigns, including the Pennisular War and Waterloo, and was named a Baron by Napoleon in 1810. After the fall of the Empire, Foy retired to civilian life to write a history of the Pennisular War. He was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1819 where he became a popular orator. Gérard presented this painting to Foy's widow and refused payment for it.
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- buildings and the land
- costume
- costume by form
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- officers (military officers)
- outerwear
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- people by occupation
- people in military occupations
- settlements and landscapes
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1749 x 2848
- File Size
- 663 KB
- Record
- 2004/2.8
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2004-sl-2.8/2004_2.8.jpg
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"Portrait of Maximilien-Sébastien Foy; Baron François Gérard." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2004-sl-2.8/2004_2.8.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 01, 2024.
