Marguerite Gérard

At 14, she moved in with her brother-in-law Jean-Honoré Fragonard and became his pupil, developing her own artistic talent based on his drawings.¹

She lived in the Louvre with the Fragonards for about 30 years, allowing her to be inspired by the great artworks of the past and present housed there.¹

In 1778, she created nine etchings with Fragonard; historians now believe she was the sole artist of five of them, demonstrating her early technical mastery.¹

By 1785, she had established a reputation as a gifted genre painter, becoming the first French woman to do so in a field typically dominated by men.¹

In 1808, Napoleon I purchased her painting 'The Clemency of Napoleon.' Her patrons also included Louis XVIII and various members of the upper class.¹