Pierre-Paul Prud'honThe Departure of the Vendéens, an oil on carboard by Pierre-Paul Prud'hon1794-1795
1794-1795
About the Item
- Creator:Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (1758 - 1823, French)
- Creation Year:1794-1795
- Dimensions:Height: 11.13 in (28.28 cm)Width: 11.13 in (28.28 cm)
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- Movement & Style:
- Period:1790-1799
- Condition:Diameter: 12 cm (4 ¾”)- Framed: 28.2 x 28.2 cm (11 1/8”x 11 1/8”) Empire period frame in carved and gilded wood and gilded bronze (for the medallion surround).
- Gallery Location:PARIS, FR
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1568214436272
Pierre-Paul Prud'hon
Pierre-Paul Prud'hon was a French painter and draftsman born the tenth son of a stonecutter in Burgundy. He began studying painting in Dijon at age 16. He arrived in Paris in 1780, but his experience in Italy from 1784–87, when he absorbed the softness and sensuality of Correggio's works and Leonardo da Vinci's sfumato, gave his art its distinctive style. Upon his return to Paris, Prud'hon enthusiastically supported the French Revolution. In 1801, Napoleon favored him with commissions for portraits, ceiling decorations, and allegorical paintings. "Prud'hon's true genius lay in allegory; this is his empire and his true domain,” Eugène Delacroix later wrote. In 1816, he gained membership in the Institut de France. An ill-fated love affair with a pupil and collaborator who committed suicide in his studio caused Prud'hon's depression and subsequent death. Prud'hon's paintings were based on classical texts and ancient prototypes, but his dreaminess and melancholy were more akin to Romanticism.
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