AN OIL ON CANVAS PAINTING BY PIERRE GAUTHEROT
Pierre Gautherot (French, 1769 - 1825), half-length oil on canvas portrait of a lady in a black dress with a lace collar and wearing a feathered bonnet. Housed in an old richly decorated gilt wood and gesso frame.Note: Pierre-Claude Gautherot, usually referred to as either Claude Gautherot or Pierre Gautherot, was a French artist. He was a pupil of Jacques-Louis David, whose friendship involved him in the troubles of the Revolution. Gautherot opened a school of design where the most noted artists studied under his direction. His principal work, Napoleon haranguing his troops on the Bridge of the Lech at Augsburg, is at Versailles.
Dimensions: 10 3/4 x 12 3/4 in., (27.5 x 32.5 cm.)
Condition: Very good with a nice craquelure.
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Pierre Gautherot (French, 1769 - 1825), half-length oil on canvas portrait of a lady in a black dress with a lace collar and wearing a feathered bonnet. Housed in an old richly decorated gilt wood and gesso frame.Note: Pierre-Claude Gautherot, usually referred to as either Claude Gautherot or Pierre Gautherot, was a French artist. He was a pupil of Jacques-Louis David, whose friendship involved him in the troubles of the Revolution. Gautherot opened a school of design where the most noted artists studied under his direction. His principal work, Napoleon haranguing his troops on the Bridge of the Lech at Augsburg, is at Versailles.
Dimensions: 10 3/4 x 12 3/4 in., (27.5 x 32.5 cm.)
Condition: Very good with a nice craquelure.