Portrait of Marie Walewska is an oil on canvas portrait painting by the French artist François Gérard, created in 1810. It depicts the Polish aristocrat Marie Walewska.Casali, Dimitri & Chanteranne p.143Delorme p.146 She is best known as the mistress of the French Emperor Napoleon, with whom she had a son, Alexandre. The original painting is now in the Army Museum in Paris. A replica, produced in 1812, is in the Palace of Versailles, having been acquired in 1837 for the Musée de l'Histoire de France.https://pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/joconde/000PE008238https://collections.chateauversailles.fr/?permid=permobj_7a882545-9f77-44da-8727-ab690ed3f4f8#/query/a95858ee-6e8b-42ec-96b9-16ec34c3fdf9
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