baron’s work is defined by its nineteenth century sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Monsieur Tortoni
Attributed to François Gérard (French, 1770–1837)

Two Sketches of Seated Female Nude
Attributed to Baron François Pascal Simon Gérard French, 1770-1837

Portrait of the Duchesse de Berry
Baron François Pascal Simon Gérard (French, 1770-1837) printed by Gottfried Engelmann (French, 1788-1839)

Napoleon Accompanied by his Good Men, Returning to France on March 1, 1815
Baron François Pascal Simon Gérard (French, 1770-1837) printed by Gottfried Engelmann (French, 1788-1839)

Portrait of Henry IV
Baron François Pascal Simon Gérard (French, 1770-1837) printed by Comte de Charles Philibert Lasteyrie du Saillant (French, 1759-1849) authored by Louis Albert Guillain Bacler d'Albe (French, 1761-1824)

Homer
Raphaël Urbain Massard (French, 1775-1843) after Baron François-Pascal-Simon Gérard (French, born Italy, 1770-1837)

Belisarius
Auguste Gaspard Louis Boucher Desnoyers (French, 1779-1857) after Baron François-Pascal-Simon Gérard (French, born Italy, 1770 - 1837) published by Ramboz (French, active 1793-1830)

Belisarius
Auguste Gaspard Louis Boucher Desnoyers (French, 1779-1857) after Baron François-Pascal-Simon Gérard (French, born Italy, 1770 - 1837) published by Ramboz (French, active 1793-1830)

Portrait of Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord
Auguste Gaspard Louis Boucher Desnoyers (French, 1779-1857) after Baron François Pascal Simon Gérard (French, 1770-1837)

Martin Vanden Bogaert Desjardins
Gérard Edelinck (French, born Flanders, 1640-1707) after Hyacinthe Rigaud (French, 1659-1743)

Hyacinth Awaiting His Turn to Throw the Discus
François-Joseph Bosio (French, 1768-1845)

Hyacinthe Rigaud
Gérard Edelinck (French, born Flanders, 1640-1707) after Hyacinthe Rigaud (French, 1659-1743)

Portrait of the Painter Baron François Gérard
Jean F. Gigoux French, 1806-1894

Crispin
Gérard Edelinck (French, born Flanders, 1640-1707) after Theodorus Netscher (Dutch, born France, 1661-1732)

Pierre de Montarsis
Gérard Edelinck (French, born Flanders, 1640-1707) after Antoine Coypel (French, 1661-1722)

Cléombrote and Léonidas
Baron François-Xavier Fabre French, 1766-1837

Simon Vouet
Robert van Voerst (Flemish, 1597-1636/37) after Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599-1641)

Lamentation over the Body of Christ
Gerard David (Netherlandish, c. 1460–1523)

Geese in a Farmyard
Jean François Millet French, 1814-1875

The Shower
Charles François Daubigny French, 1817-1878