ATTRIBUTED TO MARIANNE LOIR (PARIS C.1715-1769) Portrait of Robert Marguerite Tascher de la Pagerie (1740-1806) oil on canvas 36 x 28 5/8 in. (91.4 x 72.7 cm.) Robert Marguerite Tascher de la Pagerie was born in Sainte-Marie, Martinique, the son of Gaspard Joseph Tascher de la Pagerie and Marie Françoise Bourreau de la Chevalerie. The family of ‘Tascher de la Pagerie’ were of ancient French noblity, coming originally from the region surrounding Orléans. Robert Marguerite followed a military career, both in Martinique and in France. He was uncle to Marie-Josèphe-Rose Tascher de la Pagerie, daughter of his elder brother Joesph-Gaspard, who married Napoleon I in 1796 and became Josèphine, Empress of France.