Portrait de l'architecte Claude-Nicolas Ledoux, J 37, Marguerite Gérard, circa 1787

Author(s): gérard, marguerite (grasse, in 1761 - paris, in 1837), painter production date: around 1787 dating in century: 18th century type(s) of object(s): painting name(s): table dimensions - artwork: height: 21. 5cm width: 16cm marks, inscriptions, hallmarks: signature - signed lower left: "mte gerard" iconographic description: the plans sketched in this portrait are difficult to read, but they nevertheless seem to refer to two of the main buildings executed by ledoux for the city of paris. On the unfolded plan, on the left, it is possible to distinguish the project in elevation of the barrière de reuilly office. The drawing on the right, nailed to a drawing board, is undoubtedly the barely scribbled diagram of the rotonde de la villette (1786-1787). Person / character depicted: ledoux, claude-nicolas mode of acquisition: legacy name of donor, testator, seller: cognacq, ernest date of acquisition: 1928 institution: cognacq-jay museum, the taste of the 18th century inventory number: j 37 exposed: cognacq-jay museum, level 3, room 12. Date: circa 1787.