Portrait of Dr. Thomas Penrose, 1798, Louis Gauffier, French, 1762 - 1801, 25 3/4 x 19 3/8 in. (65.41 x 49.21 cm) (sight)30 5/8 x 24 1/4 x 2 5/8 in. (77.79 x 61.6 x 6.67 cm) (outer frame), Oil on canvas, France, 18th century, Louis Gauffier was one of many French artists who fled Rome in 1793 in order to escape Roman reprisals following the execution of Louis XVI in France. Arriving in Florence, Gauffier the history painter adopted a portrait genre based on the flourishing market for commemorative likenesses of aristocrats set in characteristic landscapes of the region.