Regent Antiques has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
This beautiful landscape captures a striking view of the Colosseum, also known as the Flavian Amphitheatre, it is an oval amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome and it features people walking and enjoying the view.
Several examples of his work have sold at top auction houses:
1. Auction house: Artcurial (S.V.V.) Paris France
Auction date 23 Mar 2017
Le sacre de Charles X à Reims
Hammer price £ 44,792 (€ 52,000)
https://www.artprice.com/artist/11108/francois-gerard/drawing-watercolor/12903015/le-sacre-de-charles-x-a-reims?lots_search_uniq_id=-1327225916676237410
2. Auction house K -Mondo Paris France
Auction date 10 Mar 2017
Portrati de l'Impératrice Marie-Louise en buste
Hammer price £ 15,798 (€ 18,000)
https://www.artprice.com/artist/11108/francois-gerard/painting/12856221/portrati-de-l-imperatrice-marie-louise-en-buste?lots_search_uniq_id=-1327225916676237410
3. Auction house: Delorme-Collin du Bocage Paris France
Auction date 08 Jun 2016
Caroline Murat et ses deux premiers enfants, Achille et Letizia
Hammer price £ 21,898 (€ 28,000)
https://www.artprice.com/artist/11108/francois-gerard/drawing-watercolor/10970178/caroline-murat-et-ses-deux-premiers-enfants-achille-et-letizia?lots_search_uniq_id=-1327225916676237410
4. Auction house: Delorme-Collin du Bocage Paris France
Auction date 02 Dec 2015
Marie-Amélie de Bourbon duchesse d'Orléans et future reine des Français
Hammer price £ 24,594 (€ 35,000)
Condition:
In really excellent condition, please see photos for confirmation.
Dimensions in cm:
Height 96 x Width 123 x Depth 9 - frame
Height 71 x Width 98 - painting
Dimensions in inches:
Height 37.8 x Width 48.4 x Depth 3.5 - frame
Height 28.0 x Width 38.6 - painting
French was born in Rome, on 4 M?? 1770, to J. S. Gérard and Cleria Matteï. At the age of twelve Gérard obtained admission into the Pension du Roi in Paris. From the Pension he passed to the studio of the sculptor Augustin Pajou which he left at the end of two years for that of the history painter Nicolas-Guy Brenet, whom he quit almost immediately to place himself under Jacques-Louis David.
In 1789 he competed for the Prix de Rome, which was carried off by his comrade Girodet. In the following year (1790) he again presented himself, but the death of his father prevented the completion of his work, and obliged him to accompany his mother to Rome. In 1791 he returned to Paris; but his poverty was so great that he was forced to forgo his studies in favour of employment which should bring in immediate profit. David at once availed himself of his help, and one of that master's most celebrated portraits, of Louis-Michel Le Pelletier de St Fargeau may owe much to the hand of Gérard. This painting was executed early in 1793, the year in which Gérard, at the request of David, was named a member of the revolutionary tribunal, from the fatal decisions of which he, however, invariably absented himself.
In 1794 he obtained the first prize in a competition, the subject of which was The Tenth of August, that is, the storming of the Tuileries Palace. Further stimulated by the successes of his rival and friend Girodet in the Salons of 1793 and 1794, Gérard (nobly aided by Jean-Baptiste Isabey, the miniaturist, produced in 1795 his famous Bélisaire. In 1796 a portrait of his generous friend (conserved today in the Louvre) obtained undisputed success, and the money received from Isabey for these two works enabled Gérard to execute in 1797 his Psyche et l'Amour (illustration). At last, in 1799, his portrait of Madame Mère establi
Regent Antiques has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
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Antique Oil Painting François Gérard 1770 - 1837 of the Colosseum Circa 1820
