Bayard Refusing the Presents of His Hostess, in Brescia

1. The artist to Benoit-François Trioson (1735-1815) [inscription]. Possibly Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson [New York 1990]. Louis-Hector Becquerel de la Chevrotière (died 1842), by 1829 [Coupin 1829]. Probably Mme. Becquerel-Despréaux and her heirs [New York 1990]. Possibly Henri Baderou (1910-1991), Paris, c. 1960 [notes in curatorial notes]. Norman Schlenoff (died 1983), New York; by descent to his wife; sold by Mrs. Schlenoff though Neal Fiertag to Dr. Frederick Cummings [correspondence with W. M. Brady of June 7, 2004 in curatorial file]; sold to the Art Institute through W. M. Brady and Company, New York, 1990.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• New York, W. M. Brady and Company, "Old Master Drawings," October 25-November 14, 1990, cat. 24, as "The Generosity of Bayard."
• New York, The Frick Collection, "From Pontormo to Seurat: Drawings Recently Acquired by The Art Institute of Chicago," April 23-July 7, 1991, n.p., cat. 34; traveled to The Art Institute of Chicago, September 10, 1991-January 5, 1992.
• Paris, Musée du Louvre, "Anne-Louis Girodet De Roussy-Trioson (1767-1824)," September 19, 2005-January 2, 2006, p. 110, cat. 104 (ill.); traveled to The Art Institute of Chicago, February 11-April 30, 2006, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 22-August 27, 2006, and the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, October 12, 2006-January 21, 2007.
• The Art Institute of Chicago, "Gods and (Super)heroes: Drawing in an Age of Revolution", November 16, 2017 - April 1, 2018.

• P.A. Coupin, Oeuvres Posthumes de Girodet-Trioson, Peintre d’Histoire, I (Paris, 1829), p. 1, XXVI.
• Friedrich Antal, "Reflections on Classicism and Romanticism, II," The Burlington Magazine (March 1936), p. 132.
• George Levitine, Girodet-Trioson, An Iconographical Study (New York, 1978), pp. 24, 26, 27, and 29.
• Aileen Ribeiro, The Art of Dress: Fashion in England and France 1750-1820 (New Haven, 1995), p. 171 (ill.).
• Anne Lafont, "Girodet Trioson: Les Tableaux de l’Amitié," Revue de l’Art 123 (1999), p. 50, fig. 4.
• Dossier de l'Art, Special issue dedicated to Girodet exhibition in Paris. Edition Faton.

Girodet and His Students

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Study for "Portrait of an Indian"

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Comedy and Tragedy

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Self-Portrait with Two Pupils, Marie Gabrielle Capet (1761–1818) and Marie Marguerite Carraux de Rosemond (1765–1788)

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The Composer André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry (1741–1813)

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François Gérard (1770–1837), later Baron Gérard

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Drapery Study for "Castor and Pollux Freeing Helen"

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Composition Study for "Castor and Pollux Freeing Helen"

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