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Monsieur Tortoni

baron François Pascal Simon Gérard · c. 1820

Palette

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Artist

baron François Pascal Simon Gérard

Date

c. 1820

Type

Painting

Medium

Oil on canvas

Size

92 × 72.8 cm (38 × 28 3/4 in.); Framed: 114.3 × 95.3 × 12.4 cm (45 × 37 1/2 × 4 7/8 in.)

Place

France

Period

19th century

Themes

Portraits · Seascapes and the coast · Rain and storms

Main colour

Black · lightness 23, colourfulness 8

Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis L. Coburn Fund. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules