Louvre Antique

The work is inspired, reworked in a reduced format to make it suitable for a private clientele, by the large painting that Rigaud made for the sovereign around 1700, today conserved ...

The use of the historic Fleur de Pêche marble is particularly pleasing: featuring deep veining in a palette of cream, purple, and brown, the marble was highly popular for opulent 19t...

Several early *Sedes Sapientiae* groups can be used for typological comparisons: the *Vierge en Majesté* from Auvergne, created around 1150 and now in the Musée du Louvre (Inv. No. R...

Historical academic casts (produced by renowned plaster cast galleries such as those in Florence and the Louvre) were often made in "sections" to facilitate the study of anatomy.

Nella scultura si riconosce la replica del celebre tipo statuario dell’”Afrodite Louvre-Napoli”, statua greca attribuita allo scultore Callimaco e datata alla fine del V secolo a.C....

This pleasant genre scene, depicting a young innkeeper conversing amiably with a gentleman as she prepares to serve him wine in a glass goblet that she still holds in her hand, is in...

However, he scarcely attended the studio, preferring to go to the Louvre and make copies of the works of Clouet, Veronese, Rubens, Claude Lorraine and Delacroix.

In particular, there are convincing comparisons with the canvas made by Panini in the 1840s and now kept at the Louvre Museum in Paris. Giovanni Paolo Pannini (or Panini; Piacenza,...

Renowned for his ethnographic and polychrome works, Cordier played an important role in the artistic developments of the Second Empire and contributed to major commissions including ...

"Mephistopheles" also known as "Satan, The fallen angel" by Jean-Jacques FEUCHERE (1807-1852) A bronze sculpture with a nuanced brown patina Signed " J Feuchère 1833 " old edition c...

I-III AD Bronze, 84.2 cm high. Musée du Louvre, Paris, inv. MNE 6, Br 4430. Fig. 2 Venus de Medici.

His works are now held in important international museums, including the Musée du Louvre, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

Questa rappresentazione romana del XVIII secolo, proveniente da un palazzo signorile di via del Corso e certamente eseguita su commisione, si potrebbe definire piuttosto come un Efeb...

They both wear sandals tied to the ankle, and at Cupid's feet is his quiver of arrows, inverted and resting on the ground. In the Louvre Museum there is a terracotta sculpture fragme...

Important groups of his pastels are today preserved in the Musée du Louvre and the Musée des Beaux-Arts d’Orléans. The portrait comes from a Roman private collection belonging to a f...

His works can today be found in major museum collections including the Musée d’Orsay and the Louvre. Sculptures by Dubois are especially prized for their elegance, anatomical precisi...

A notable drawing by the artist, Vieille femme assise tenant une petite fille (1890), is held in the graphic arts collection associated with the Musée du Louvre and the Musée d’Orsay...

The painting was displayed at the Salon of 1844 at the Louvre in Paris. Today it is part of the collection of the Musée des Augustins in Toulouse, having been acquired in 2004.

"the Madonna Of Justice" Oil On Canvas Work From The Early 19th Italian School" the history: No doubt painted for the ducal palace of Genoa Genoa, ducal palace, Sala dei Sindacatori...

He became one of the favorite sculptors of Napoleon III, under whose reign he produced monumental works such as "Peace", "Strength", "War" and "The Order" for the decoration of the n...

Like many of Reni's creations, it was later taken up and popularised by later versions executed by his pupils and followers, such as the 'Madonna and Child' attributed to Francesco G...

Ad esso si affiancano altre opere monumentali come il dossale dell'abbazia di Poissy (oggi al Louvre) e i cofani smembrati di Casa Cagnola a Milano.

Un confronto diretto è possibile con il cosiddetto cane "bolognese" di Meissen, presente in diverse varianti cromatiche in importanti collezioni museali: il Metropolitan Museum of Ar...

Works by Samuel Prout are held in the Tate Gallery London, The Louvre in Paris and many others. Samuel Prout (1783-1852) British-born Samuel Prout was an 18/19th Century master of w...

Da parte sua, Alexandre Robert si dedicò anche allo studio dei Maestri del Louvre, ammirando Raffaello e Poussin, e i dipinti spagnoli che formavano la galleria Aguado de las Marismas.

In 1822 at his Salon debut, the Bark of Dante (Louvre), attracted some attention. Two years later, his Massacres of Chios (Louvre) burst upon the Salon of 1824 as "a terrifying hymn ...

Introduced to the powerful Charles Le Brun (1619-1690), the success of the portraitist was immediate: approved at the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture on March 6, 1683, Largil...

Bénédicte Wattel & Damien Blanchet Le Verrier. Editions Louvre Victoire and in Art Deco, Eric Knowles. With Certificate of Authenticity.

After gaining his mastery, Roque opened his own atelier at the Vieux Louvre. Appointed Horloger du Roi, he specialized in luxury clocks.

Lanoë, Le Mystère Le Nain, exhibition catalog, Louvre-Lens, 2017, pp. 298–309; JP. Cuzin, “Une suite de questions pour le Maître des Cortèges…” in Figures de la Réalité, Hazan, 2010...

It specifically depicts the figure of Apelles, placed on the left in both works, holding Raphael’s hand and presenting the epic Greek poet with a palette and brushes. In the Louvre p...

The originals weresubsequently brought indoors for protection at the Louvre Museum in 1984. Guillaume Coustou, a prominent French sculptor of the Baroque and Louis XIV style, served...

The lions are the work of the renowned Parisian fondeur Henri Picard, whose prestigious commissions included supplying the apartments of Emperor Napoleon III at the Louvre. Original...

The task started when the main curator of the Louvre gave Amand Durand the important mission of restoring the worn down and fragile engravings made by Rembrandt.

En 1848 viajó a París, visitando el Museo del Louvre, impresionándole sobre todo las obras de Horace Vernet ,de Eugène Delacroix, y el romanticismo francés; más tarde toma contacto c...

Among her many works we can mention the Portrait of Ortensia Mancini in the Louvre and of course the one in Palazzo Chigi. The painting, in particular, is a derivation of the canvas...

Major sites such as the Louvre, the Tuileries, the Luxembourg Gardens, and the Champs de Mars are clearly delineated, while an intricate web of streets and neighborhoods conveys the ...

Known for the quality of their ormolu (gold plating), by 1860, Raingo Frères had furnished bronzes, garniture (decorations) and table pieces for the apartments of Emperor Napoleon II...

Comparisons may be drawn with Mantegna’s Allegory of the Fall of Ignorant Humanity in the British Museum, as well as with the British Museum’s Hercules wrestling with Antaeus, attrib...

He also designed pediment reliefs on the Louvre's Pavilion de Flore. Carrier-Belluse's works is housed in many of the internationally famous galleries and museums.

For example, in addition to the one already mentioned of Madame Chevotet, the beautiful Portrait of a Girl with a Kitten (Fig.3), from 1743, preserved in the National Gallery in Lond...

Parmi ses œuvres les plus remarquables figurent des pièces exposées dans des collections publiques, comme la Panthère de l’Inde dévorant un héron au musée de Picardie à Amiens ou des...

Surviving fragments of that original work are today preserved in the Louvre Museum. The casting quality of this reproduction is exceptional, with remarkable precision visible throug...

Although his work is particularly dispersed, the two most important public collections are at the Louvre, in Paris, and at the Musée des Beaux-Arts, in Orléans.

Il *Pescatore napoletano che balla la tarantella* (1833), esposto al Louvre, è una testimonianza di questo stile: una scultura in bronzo dinamica che catturava il fervore delle tradi...

His works were widely retailed in major Parisian luxury stores, including the Magasins du Louvre, helping establish his reputation among collectors of modern decorative arts.

Terracotta cast (late 19th century) after the marble model by Caffieri in the Louvre Museum in Paris, the sculptor's reception piece at the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in...

Appointed in 1803 as (first) director of the Louvre, and put in charge of the Gobelins, Sèvres and the Monnaie; for this created a Baron.

He became one of the favorite sculptors of Napoleon III, under whose reign he produced monumental works such as "Peace", "Strength", "War" and "The Order" for the decoration of the n...

He was interred at the Montparnasse Cemetery. The Louvre holds collections of his sketches and manuscript notes.

Known as the Borghese Vase, the two antique vases were in the collection of the Borghese family, then in Rome but now in the Louvre, having been bought by Napoleon from his brother-i...

After 'La Jeune Courtisane', 1821, by Xavier Sigalon (French, 1787–1837), held in the permanent collection of the Louvre. An exceptionally fine and early copy of the work by Sigalo...

Petithory collection, bequeathed to the Louvre in 1992, on deposit at the Musée Bonnat, Bayonne (fig. 1).

We owe him in particular the caryatids of the Renaissance theater in Paris, the pediment of the main entrance to the Banque de France, the stucco ceilings of the Lesdiguières and La ...

The original statue is now displayed at the Louvre, with this model being raised on a square Verdigris Bronze base.

Andrea del Sarto, After by Alphonse Leroy, Italian (1486 - 1530) - Profile of Man, Medium: Lithograph, Image Size: 10.25 x 7.5 inches, Size: 19.5 x 14 in. (49.53 x 35.56 cm), Fram...

His works are held in numerous museums in France: Brest: Museum of Fine Arts Évreux: Évreux Museum Dieppe: Dieppe Museum Gray: Baron-Martin Museum Le Havre: André Malraux Museum of M...

Works by his hand are held by the Louvre Museum and the Musée du Petit Palais in Paris the Musée des Beaux Arts in Mulhouse and the Musée Baron-Martin in Gray.

Cugnier in Vesoul, and is attributed to André Giroux (Documentation Center of the Louvre Museum). An inscription on the back reads "André Giroux," and a trace of a signature can be s...

We owe him in particular the caryatids of the Renaissance theater in Paris, the pediment of the main entrance to the Banque de France, the stucco ceilings of the Lesdiguières and La ...