Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Périgord (1754–1838), Prince de Bénévent
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
83 7/8 x 57 7/8 in. (213 x 147 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Mrs. Charles Wrightsman Gift, 2012
Accession Number
2012.348
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
PrincesMenPortraits
About the Artist
baron François Gérard · 1770–1837
**Baron François Gérard (1770–1837)** was a leading French Neoclassical painter renowned for his elegant portraits of European royalty and political figures. Born François Pascal Simon Gérard in Rome to a French father serving in the Papal States and an Italian mother, he returned with his family to Paris around 1782. There he began his artistic training, first studying sculpture under Augustin Pa...