Talk | Brush with Power: François Gérard, Imperial Portraitist

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Enjoy our final talk in the series from Kathryn Calley Galitz of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She will discuss how Gérard’s ascent as a portraitist coincided with Napoleon’s rise to power at the end of the eighteenth century. As Emperor, Napoleon exploited the propagandistic power of art, and Gérard’s portraits of Napoleon and his family shaped Napoleon’s imperial image.