Marguerite Gérard
Young Woman Embroidering
1814-1819
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Marguerite Gérard
Young Woman Embroidering
1814-1819
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, Framed: 29 1/2 × 24 1/2 in. (74.9 × 62.2 cm.)
Unframed: 23 1/2 × 19 1/2 in. (59.7 × 49.5 cm.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Elise Agnus Daingerfield
Object Number
1944.104
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest 1944; Elise Carroll Agnus Daingerfield, Baltimore; Hôtel Drouot sale, Paris May 5, 1938, no. 40 (as “jeune femme brodant”). d'Epée [d’Espée] Collection, Paris [Possibly Delphine de Bongars, Baronne de L'Espée (1863-1926) and Baron Albert de L'Espée (1852-1918)]; Collections Eugène Kraemer Sale, Galerie Georges Petit, 28-29 April 1913, lot 23 [as "june femme brodant"]; Eugène Kraemer Collection, Paris; Sale, Paris 10-13 April, 1904, no. 192; Burat Sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, April 28-20, 1885, p. 23, no. 75 (as "June femme fasant de la Broderie") purchased for 600 francs by d’Avillier; Bertrand Calligrapher and Academician second sale of the deceased, Hotel des Venter Mobilièrs Rue Drouot, 5, Paris, November 13, 1855, no. 392 [as “Riche appartement dans lequel une dame assise est occupée à broder”] purchased by unknown buyer for 172 francs; possibly Mawson Sale [Bonnefons de Lavialle auctioneer], February 22, 1850, no. 25 [as L'Impèratrice Josephine son appartement assie sur canapé, et tenant une broderie]; Aubry Sale, March 15, 1840, p. 8, no. 26; Henry Sale, May 23, 1836, no. 109 [as la brodeuse]; collection of Bon-Thomas Henry (1766-1836); Paris; B.[ernard] sale [Bonnefons de Lavialle auctioneer], Paris, 4-5 May 1835, lot 56, purchased for 115 francs; Société des Amis des Arts (according to the 1836 catalog).
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Hotel des Ventes Mobilières, Catalogue de Tableaux Italians, Flamands, Hollandais, Allemands, et Français, Conposant l’intéressante collection de feu M. Henry (May 23, 1836), no. 109
Bonnefons de Lavialle auctioneer, Catalogue d’une Jolie collection de tableaux [Mawson Sale] (February 22, 1850), no. 25. [possible mention – listed as L'Impèratrice Josephine son appartement assie sur canapé, et tenant une broderie]
Hotel des Venter Mobilièrs Rue Drouot, Paris, Bertrand Calligrapher and Academician second sale of the deceased (November 13, 1855), no. 392.
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Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, “Collections of Eugene Kraemer, Vol. 1, Tableaux Anciens – Objets D’Art, Vol.1,” (28-29 avril, 5-6 mai, 2-5 juin 1913), p.29, no. 23 ill.
“Collections of Eugene Kraemer, Vol. 1, Tableaux Anciens – Objets D’Art, Vol.1,” Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, (28-29 avril, 5-6 mai, 2-5 juin 1913), p.29, no. 23 ill.
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Hôtel Drouot. Objets d'art et d'ameublement principalement du XVIIIe siècle, sièges et meubles. (May 5, 1938), p. 3 no. 40, ill. pl. VI.
George Levitine, “Marguerite Gerard and her Stylistic Significance,” "Annual III Studies in Honor of Gertrude Rosenthal, Part One, (The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1968), pp. 21-30, no. 9, ill. p. 29.
Well-Robertson, Sally. "Marguerite Gérard: 1761-1837, Vol. 2, Pt. 2," unpublished dissertation, 1978, p. 918 cat 334.
Carole Blumenfeld, Marguerite Gérard 1761-1837 (Montreuil, France: Gourcuff Gradenigo) 2019, p.242, no. 248P ill.
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Jasmine Shah, “Marguerite Gérard January 28, 1761 – May 18, 1837” A Space of Their Own, https://artmusem.sitehost.iu.edu/space-of-their-own/artists/20 (Accessed May 8, 2025)
Andaleeb Badiee Banta, Alexa Greist, and Theresa Kutasz Christensen. Making Her Mark: A History of Women Artists in Europe, 1400-1800. Goose Lane, 2023, pp. 216-217, ill.
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Delia Gaze, Dictionary of Women Artists, Vol. I (London and Chicago : Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1997), pp.580-581. (2001 edition, pp. 319-21)
Delia Gaze, Dictionary of Women Artists, Vol. I (London and Chicago : Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1997), pp.580-581. (2001 edition, pp. 319-21)