Year 1825 (1825) Artist Antoine-Jean Gros | Medium oil on canvas Created 1825 | |
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Dimensions 62.3 cm × 51.2 cm (24.5 in × 20.2 in) Location Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Zagreb Similar Pafama, Bonaparte at the Pont d'Arcole, Bonaparte Visiting the Plague Vi, Napoleon on the Battlefield, Combat de Nazareth | ||
Portrait of Madame Recamier (French: Portret Madame Récamier) is a painting by French artist Antoine-Jean Gros from about 1825.
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Description
The picture is painted in oil on canvas and has dimensions of 62.3 x 51.2 cm.
The portrait is in the Romantic style. It presents Madame Recamier leading a cosmopolitan life in Paris during her life at the consulate in the city. Known for her lavish soirees at the Palace of Rue Mont Blanc, which collected contemporary artists, writers, actors and politicians. The portrait was painted later, but presents interesting features thoughtful insight and graceful hands folded under her chest.
Provenance
The painting was exhibited in Strossmayer Gallery, in Zagreb. It is owned by the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Zagreb. It was donated in 1903 by French nobleman Eugène-Emmanuel-Ernst Halvin, Marquis Penn.