Marguerite Gérard
The Young Savant Mother

CultureFrench
Titles
  • The Young Savant Mother
Date1790s
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 21 11/16 × 17 15/16 in. (55.1 × 45.6 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.2023.7
Not on view

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Provenance[London, Sotheby's, July 6, 2000, lot 227]; private collection, France; [Galerie Eric Coatalem, Paris]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 2023.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Illegible inscription at bottom left edge in brown paint
Verso: [none]
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