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Marguerite Gérard, A Young Woman Just Received a Letter from Her Husband. On the Globe, Her Father Seeks the Distance Whence the Letter was Sent (Salon of 1808)

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Marguerite Gérard: A Young Woman who has just Received a Letter from her Husband. Her Father is looking on a Globe for the Distance from Which the Letter Came  wikidata:Q113534312 reasonator:Q113534312  Add properties to Wikidata item based on this file
Artist
Marguerite Gérard  (1761–1837)  wikidata:Q271484
 
Marguerite Gérard
Description French painter and etcher
Date of birth/death 28 January 1761 Edit this at Wikidata 18 May 1837 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Grasse Paris
Work period 1775 Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Paris (1775) Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q271484
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
French:
Une jeune femme venant de recevoir une lettre de son époux. Son père cherche sur un globe la distance d’où la lettre est partie Edit this at Wikidata

A Young Woman who has just Received a Letter from her Husband. Her Father is looking on a Globe for the Distance from Which the Letter Came
label QS:Lfr,"Une jeune femme venant de recevoir une lettre de son époux. Son père cherche sur un globe la distance d’où la lettre est partie"

Alternative title(s):

Swedish:
En kvinna läser ett brev från sin make

A Lady reading a letter from her Husband
title QS:P1476,sv:"En kvinna läser ett brev från sin make"
label QS:Lsv,"En kvinna läser ett brev från sin make"
label QS:Len,"A Lady reading a letter from her Husband"
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Genre genre art Edit this at Wikidata
Description
Français : Marguerite Gérard, Une jeune femme venant de recevoir une lettre de son époux; Son père cherche sur un globe la distance d’où la lettre est partie (Salon de 1808)


La scène se déroule dans un petit cabinet. Debout, une femme est en train de lire une lettre tout en caressant un petit chien. Près d’elle est assis un homme d’un certain âge : un compas à la main, il s’appuie sur un grand globe terrestre sous lequel est tapi un chat. Les deux protagonistes portent des habits qui s’inspirent de ceux du XVIIe siècle, que ce soit la veste noire de l’homme au large col et manchettes en dentelle, ou la robe en satin gris clair de la demoiselle avec ses manches amples et taille marquée. Avec grande subtilité, l’ambiance à la Caspar Netscher est agrémentée d’un fauteuil Empire, les boiseries du cabinet dissimulent les placards de bibliothèque et le visage de la femme a la beauté d’une statue antique.


English: Marguerite Gérard, A Young Woman Just Received a Letter from Her Spouse. On the Globe, Her Father Seeks the Distance Whence the Letter was Sent (Salon of 1808)


The scene takes place in a small study. A woman is standing and reading a letter while caressing a small dog. Near her, a man of a certain age is seated. Compass in hand, he leans on the large globe of the world under which a cat is stretched out. The two protagonists wear clothes inspired by the 17th century, namely the man’s black jacket with a large collar and cuffs in lace, and the maiden’s light grey satin dress with its wide sleeves and marked waistline. With great subtlety, the Caspar Netscher type ambience is embellished with an Empire armchair, the study’s wood paneling dissimulating library cupboards, and the woman’s face with the beauty of an antique statue.
Date circa 1808
date QS:P571,+1808-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 61 cm (24 in); width: 50.5 cm (19.8 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,61U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,50.5U174728
institution QS:P195,Q842858
Accession number
NM 7702 (Nationalmuseum) Edit this at Wikidata
Place of creation France Edit this at Wikidata
Object history
  • Purchased by the Société des Amis des Arts.
  • Private Collection. Great Britain.
  • Acquired 1904 by Edouard Louis Joseph, Baron Empain (1852-1929), Brussels.
  • By descent until 2020, Belgium
  • Galerie Alexis Bordes, Paris, 2020
Exhibition history
  • Paris, Salon de 1808, #254
Credit line 2023: purchased
Inscriptions

Signature bottom left:

MAᵗᵉ / Gerard
References
Source/Photographer
  1. Alexis Bordes
  2. Tribune de l'art

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