Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Self-Portrait c.1799 Oil on canvas, 74.3 x 58.4 cm Tate Britain, London This confident-looking young man has just been elected an Associate of the Royal Academy. The portrait therefore marks an important moment in Turner’s life. At…
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Copy of Poussin’s ‘Landscape with a Man Killed by a Snake’ 1799 Graphite on paper, 7.9 x 13 cm Tate Britain, London Compare: Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Paysage avec un homme tué par un serpent probably 1648 National Gallery, London…
Blake, William (1757-1827) Job and His Daughters 1799–1800 Pen and tempera on canvas, 27.3 x 38.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington An old man with a long, white beard and flowing, white hair sits surrounded by three young women in…
Blake, William (1757-1827) The Last Supper 1799 Tempera on canvas, 30.5 x 48.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A long, rectangular dining table is surrounded by thirteen people in this horizontal painting. The skin of all the people, some of…
Gros, Antoine-Jean (1771-1835) Bonaparte visitant les pestiférés de Jaffa (Bonaparte visiting the plague victims of Jaffa) 1804 Oil on canvas, 523 x 715 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Napoléon Bonaparte is shown visiting the plague victims of Jaffa (March 11, 1799). Mosque…
(1799–1837) Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin Александр Сергеевич Пушкин Works: • Aatelisrosvo Dubrovskij (Finnish) • Boris Godunov (English) • Eugene Oneguine (English) • Kapteenin tytär (Finnish) • Красавице, которая нюхала табак (Russian) • La fille du capitaine (French) • Laukaus y.m. kertomuksia…
Blake, William (1757-1827) Baptism of Christ c.1799 Tempera over pen and ink on canvas, 32.4 x 49.2 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) San Ambrosio (Saint Ambrose) c.1796–1799 Oil on canvas, 190 x 113 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland This work belongs to a series depicting Ambrose, Jerome, Augustine, and Gregory, key figures of early Catholicism. Saint Ambrose (about…
Blake, William (1757-1827) St. Matthew 1799 Tempera on canvas, 38.5 x 26.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Like St. Matthew, William Blake reported having visions of angels throughout his life. The energy and awe with which the evangelist Saint Matthew…
(1732–1799) Works: • L’autre Tartuffe, ou La mère coupable (French) • Le barbier de Séville (French) • La Folle Journée ou le Mariage de Figaro (French) • Sevillan parturi eli Turha varovaisuus (Finnish) Beaumarchais in Film: Beaumarchais, l’insolent 1996 Director: Édouard…