Portrait of Louis Philippe I (Gérard)
| Portrait of Louis Philippe I | |
|---|---|
| Artist | François Gérard |
| Year | 1834 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, portrait painting |
| Dimensions | 222 cm × 156 cm (87 in × 61 in) |
| Location | Palace of Versailles, Versailles |
Portrait of Louis Philippe I is an 1834 portrait painting by the French artist François Gérard. It depicts the reigning French king Louis Philippe I in the uniform of the National Guard with a copy of the Charter of 1830.[1]
Louis Philippe, a distant cousin of the previous monarch Charles X, came to power following the July Revolution of 1830.[2] Gérard was adept at accommodating himself to the changing rulers of France, having previously produced numerous portraits of Napoleon's Bonaparte Dynasty and then the royal family during the Restoration period.
It was based on a painting produced for the City Hall of Paris in 1831 which was later destroyed. The painting was commissioned by the authorities in 1833 for 6,000 francs. Today the painting is in the collection of the Palace of Versailles.[3] Another version is now in the Louvre in Paris.[4]
See also
- Portrait of Louis Philippe I (Winterhalter), an 1841 painting by Franz Xaver Winterhalter
References
Bibliography
- Hensel, Tina. Das Bild der Herrscherin: Franz Xaver Winterhalter und die Gattungspolitik des Porträts im 19. Jahrhundert. Walter de Gruyter, 2023.
- Price, Munro. The Perilous Crown: France Between Revolutions, 1814-1848. Pan Macmillan, 2010.