Tag: 1804

George Sand

(1804–1876) Amantine Aurore Lucile Dupin, Baroness Dudevant Works: • Adriani (French) • Aldo le rimeur (French) • André (French) • Antonia (English) • Autour de la table (French) • Cadio (French) • Césarine Dietrich (French) • Consuelo, Tome 1 (1861)…

Cimetière du Père Lachaise (Paris)

Established: 1804 Address: 16 Rue du Repos, 75020 Paris, France Website: https://pere-lachaise.com/ Burials: • Apollinaire, Guillaume (1880-1918) • Avril, Jane (1868-1943) • Balzac, Honoré de (1799-1850) • Beaumarchais, Pierre-Augustin Caron de (1732-1799) • Bellini, Vincenzo (1801-1835) • Bernhardt, Sarah (1844-1923) • Bizet, Georges (1838-1875) •…

Perseo con la testa della Medusa (1804-1806)

Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Perseo con la testa della Medusa (Perseus with the Head of Medusa) 1804–1806 Marble, 242.6 x 191.8 x 102.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York When Countess Valeria Tarnowska first met the sculptor Antonio Canova, on December…

Ebe (1800-1805)

Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Ebe (Hebe) 1800–1805 Marble, h. 161 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Hebe is one of the most famous works of Antonio Canova, an outstanding Neoclassical sculptor of the late 18th – early 19th century. According to ancient myth,…

Napoleone come Marte pacificatore (1803-1806)

Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Napoleone come Marte pacificatore (Napoleon as Mars the Peacemaker) 1803–1806 Marble, h. 345 cm Wellington Museum, Apsley House, London Commissioned by Napoleon in 1802 this colossal statue of the Emperor was sculpted by Canova in Rome. Completed…

Paolina Borghese Bonaparte come Venere Vincitrice (1804-1808)

Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Paolina Borghese Bonaparte come Venere Vincitrice (Paolina Borghese Bonaparte as Venus Victrix) 1804–1808 Carrara marble, 160 x 92 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma Portrayed by Antonio Canova in the guise Venus victorious in the Judgement of Paris, Pauline Borghese…

Autoportrait à l’âge de 24 ans (1804)

Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Autoportrait à l’âge de 24 ans (Self-portrait at age 24) 1804 Oil on canvas, 77 x 63 cm Musée Condé, Chantilly An early work, painted in 1804, was exhibited in its initial state at the Salon…