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One of the most fashionable portraitists of the Napoleonic era, Gérard had a fine feeling for artistic trends. Here he successfully combines a refined classical composition, the imperial taste, and a light palette. Gérard worked as a decorator at Malmaison, among other places, and this painting depicts Josephine Beauharnais, the mistress of the château and wife of the future French emperor, Napoleon Bonaparte.
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