ID: 700006229 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006229	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Portrait of André-Antoine Bernard, called Bernard de Saintes (drawing (visual work); Jacques-Louis David (French, 1748 - 1825) (French Artist); July 24, 1795; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 95.GB.37)

Note: A lawyer by profession, André-Antoine Bernard (1751 - 1819) was elected president of the tribunal of his native city, Saintes, in 1790. The following year he was sent to Paris to participate in the Assemblée législative, where he was known as Bernard de Saintes. In 1792, he became a deputy at the Convention nationale and joined the faction of the Montagnards, a group that was noted for its radical democratic views and that controlled the French government between 1793-94. During the Thermidorian reaction, following the riots of Premier Prairial, Bernard was arrested at the end of May 1795. He was imprisoned with David, a fellow-member of the Committee of Public Safety, in the Quatre Nations, where the artist drew his portrait on July 24th, 1795. Bernard received amnesty in October of the same year, returning then to Saintes and to his legal career. In 1816, he was exiled for voting in favor of the death of Louis XVI, as was David. Bernard then spent some time in Belgium before leaving for the United States, where he died in 1819 (the inscription on the old backing incorrectly states that the place and date of his death was Funchal in 1818; he was in fact shipwrecked there en route to the United States, but survived and was able to continue his journey).

Titles:

Portrait of André-Antoine Bernard, called Bernard de Saintes (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,,)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

drawing (visual work) [300033973] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

drawings (preferred)

Creation Date: July 24, 1795

Creator Display:

Jacques-Louis David (French, 1748 - 1825) (French Artist) [preferred,JPGM]

draftsman David, Jacques-Louis (French painter, 1748-1825) [500115221]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500329598] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 95.GB.37

Display Materials: Pen and Indian ink and gray wash, heightened with white gouache, over pencil

	pens (drawing and writing implements) [300022452]
	.......(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name), equipment, <equipment by process>, image-making equipment, <equipment for drafting| drawing| and writing>, <drafting| drawing and writing equipment by specific type>)

	ink [300015012]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

	wash (material) [300011051]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

	gouache (paint) [300070114]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>, water-base paint)

	pencils (drawing and writing equipment) [300022439]
	.......(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name), equipment, <equipment by process>, image-making equipment, <equipment for drafting| drawing| and writing>, <drafting| drawing and writing equipment by specific type>)

	graphite (mineral) [300011098]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, mineral)

Dimensions: Diam.: 18.1 cm (Diam.: 7 1/8 in.)

Cultures:

French (preferred)

General Subject:

portraits (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Bernard, André-Antoine (French lawyer and revolutionary, 1751-1818) [500355005]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

Inscriptions: Secondary Inscription: Inscribed around the perimeter of the old backing, in pen and brown ink, "Bernard, de Saintes, représentant du peuple francais à la Convention Nationale, peint par son collègue David avec de l'encre de la chine, dans la Maison d'arrête des quatre Nations à Paris, le 6 Thermidor an 3 de la republique", "14" Inscribed in graphite, on the old backing, "no 3 bis".

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Portrait of André-Antoine Bernard, called Bernard de Saintes	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

Note:
English	..... [JPGM]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)