Tag: 1809

Sapho, Phaon et l’Amour (1809)

David, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825) Sapho, Phaon et l’Amour (Sappho, Phaon and Cupid) 1809 Oil on canvas, 225.3 x 262 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg David is considered the founder and leading light of Neoclassicism, which dominated art in the late 18th and…

London from Greenwich Park (1809)

Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) London from Greenwich Park exhibited 1809 Oil on canvas, 90.2 x 120 cm Tate Britain, London Like the view from Richmond Hill, that upstream towards the City from Greenwich Park is one of the most prized…

Le Sommeil des Paysans (c.1808-1812)

Géricault, Théodore (1791-1824) Le Sommeil des Paysans (The Sleep of the Peasants) c.1808–1812 Oil on wood panel, 77.5 x 57.1 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Impatient with studio routine, Géricault spent four years teaching himself by copying paintings in the…

Busto di Paride (1809)

Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Busto di Paride (Bust of Paris) 1809 Marble, 69.9 × 30.8 × 28 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Inscription: Ant(o)nio Quatremere/Amico Optimo/Antonius Canova/Dono Dedit/F. Romae/An. MDCCCIX”. The enormously popular Neoclassical sculptor Antonio Canova frequently made replicas or variants…

El Afilador (c.1808-1812)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) El Afilador (The Knife-Grinder) c.1808–1812 Oil on canvas, 68 × 50.5 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Pair: Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) La Aguadora c.1808–1812 Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest    

La Aguadora (c.1808-1812)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) La Aguadora (The Water Carrier) c.1808–1812 Oil on canvas, 68 × 50.5 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Pair: Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) El Afilador c.1808–1812 Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest    

Joseph Haydn

(1732–1809) Franz Joseph Haydn Works: • Symphony nº 101, “The Clock” (1794) • The Creation (1798) • The Seasons (1801) Born March 31 1732 Rohrau (Austria) Died May 31 1809 Vienna (Austria) Friend Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Pupil Ludwig van Beethoven…

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

(1809–1892) Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, FRS Works: • Beauties of Tennyson (English) • Becket and other plays (English) • Elaine (French) • Énide (French) • Enoch Arden, &c. (English) • Genièvre (French) • Idylls of the King (English) •…

Nikolai Gogol

(1809–1852) Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol Никола́й Васи́льевич Го́голь Works: • Abende auf dem Gutshof bei Dikanka (German) • Arabesken, Prosaschriften, Rom (German) • Briefwechsel I (German) • Briefwechsel II (German) • Cossack Tales (English) • Dead Souls (English) • Demonien ruhtinatar…