JACQUES-LOUIS DAVID (1748-1825) Portrait of Alphonse Leroy (c. 1783) Oil on canvas (73 x 95 cm) Musée Fabre, Montpellier To enlarge the picture, right-click on it, the "Open in a new tab" A student of Joseph-Marie Vien, David was awarded the Prix de Rome in 1774 and went there with Vien from 1775 to 1780. …
Category: French Artists
An Old Roman Soldier
FRANCOIS ANDRE VINCENT (1746-1816) Belisarius (1776) Oil on canvas (98 x 130 cm) Musee Fabre, Montpellier Vincent initially trained with his father, Francois Elie, a miniaturist from Geneva that had settled in Paris. He was then taught by Joseph-Marie Vien. At the age of 22, he won the Prix de Rome and spent the years …
A Still-Life
JEAN-SIMEON CHARDIN (1699-1779) A Still Life: Two Rabbits, a Grey Partridge and a Game Bag (1731) Oil on canvas (82.5 x 65 cm) National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin To enlarge the image, right-click on it, then "Open in a new tab" The following text belongs to the entry written by Fiounnala Croke, Curator, National Gallery …
French naughtieness
NICOLAS LANCRET (1690-1743) Mischief (1735) Oil on canvas (36 x 29 cm) National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin To enlarge the image, right-click on it, then "Open in a new tab" The following text belongs to the entry written by Fiounnala Croke, Curator, National Gallery of Ireland, for the catalogue of the exhibition “European Masterpieces from the …
Saint Thomas
PIERRE LE GROS THE YOUNGER (1666-1719) Saint Thomas (1703-05) Terracotta (70 x 47 x 27 cm) Los Angeles County Museum of Art To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and open it in a new tab The following entry/article belongs to the catalogue of the exhibition "The Ahmanson Gifts: European Masterpieces from the Collection of …
Saint Augustine
PHILIPPE DE CHAMPAIGNE (1602-1674) Saint Augustine (c.1645-50) Oil on canvas (79 x 62 cm) Los Angeles County Museum of Art To enlarge the image, right-click on it, then "Open in a new tab" The text reproduced below is the entry written by the great British art historian Philip Conisbee (1946-2008) for the catalogue of the exhibition …
The Goddess Diana
JEAN BAPTISTE TUBY I (1635-1700) Diana with a Stag and a Dog (1687) Terracotta (26 x 43 x 21 cm) Los Angeles County Museum of Art To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and then "Open in a new tab" Tuby was born Giambattista Tubi in Rome in 1635, and first trained as a sculptor in …
Prince Henry Benedict Stuart
LOUIS GABRIEL BLANCHET (1705-1772) Prince Henry Benedict Stuart (c.1739) Oil on canvas (98 x 73 cm) Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, Royal Collection To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "open in a new tab" This beautiful portrait and its pair, the one of his older brother Prince Charles Edward Stuart, are arguably Blanchet's most …
Prince Charles Edward Stuart
LOUIS GABRIEL BLANCHET (1705-1772) Prince Charles Edward Stuart (1737-38) Oil on canvas (98 x 75.5 cm) Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, Royal Collection To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" Very little is known about Louis Gabriel Blanchet, a gifted portraitist who spent his professional career in Rome. He was …
Portrait of Jean-Sylvain Bailly
AUGUSTIN PAJOU (1730-1809) Portrait of Jean-Sylvain Bailly (1791) Patinated plaster (75 x 49 x 28 cm) Los Angeles County Museum of Art To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" Jean-Sylvain Bailly (1736-93), whose literary career was surpassed by his studies in astronomy and its history, was elected to the …
Old Masters 