Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson, also known as Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson or simply Girodet, was a French painter and pupil of Jacques-Louis David, who participated in the early Romantic movement by including elements of eroticism in his paintings. Girodet is remembered for his precise and clear style and for his paintings of members of the Napoleonic family.
Events in the year 1810 in Art.
Events in the year 1824 in Art.
Marie-Denise Villers was a French painter who specialized in portraits.
Marie-Guillemine Benoist, born Marie-Guillemine Laville-Leroux, was a French neoclassical, historical, and genre painter.
Jean-Baptiste Belley was a Saint Dominican and French politician. A native of Senegal and formerly enslaved in the colony of Saint-Domingue, in the French West Indies, he was an elected member of the Estates General, the National Convention, and the Council of Five Hundred during the French First Republic. He was also known as Mars.
Marie-Philippe Coupin de la Couperie was a French painter of the Troubadour style. He was a friend of the painter Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson.
Jean-Baptiste Roman was a French sculptor. He was born and died in Paris. Among his works is a sculpture on the death of Cato the Younger, a theme that became popular along with revolutionary sentiment. It depicts Cato reading the Phaedo of Plato, on the death of Socrates, heroically nude as he contemplates his own death. The piece was commissioned in 1832 for the Louvre, but was finished by François Rude after his friend's death.
Marie Anne Thérèse Ombline Desbassayns was a French planter and slave trader on the French island of La Réunion. She was one of the most prominent slave planters of the island after she was widowed in 1800 and until death, and played a significant role in the economy and slave industry of the colony. She became an important figure in the local folklore, and one of the most well-known figures of the history of the island.
Pierre-Philippe-Alexandre Panon Desbassyns de Richemont was a French archaeologist, historian and politician. Between 1871 and 1882 he represented French India first in the National Assembly and then in the Senate.
The Portrait of Mlle Lange as Danaë is a painting by French painter Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson. This satirical painting of the actress Anne Françoise Elisabeth Lange as Danaë replaced a Venus for the last two days of the Paris Salon of 1799, after a dispute between the artist and the sitter. It is now part of the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
The Burial of Atala or The Funeral of Atala is an 1808 oil-on-canvas painting by the French painter Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson. It depicts a scene from Francois-René de Chateaubriand's novel, Atala, written in 1801. Inspired by this tragic love story, Girodet captures its dramatic tone by combining both Neoclassical and Romantic elements while emphasizing the sensuality of Atala’s death.
Pygmalion and Galatea is an oil-on-canvas painting by the French painter Anne-Louis Girodet. It represents the myth of Pygmalion and Galatea as told by Ovid in the Metamorphoses. The figures Pygmalion and Galatea are shown with Cupid, the god of desire. Girodet began the work in 1813, but it took him six years to complete.
Portrait of Madame Reiset is an 1823 portrait painting by the French artist Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson. It depicts Colette-Désirée-Thérèse Godefroy (1782-1850), the wife of Jacques de Reiset, a French government official of the Restoration era. She was the mother of Frédéric Reiset, the art collector and curator at the Louvre. Today it is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York.
The Salon of 1806 was an art exhibition held at the Louvre in Paris. During the Napoleonic era the Salon was held biannually and featured paintings, sculptures and engravings. Military conquest was the theme of the exhibition, featuring numerous references to the campaigns of Napoleon. Amongst these were a bust of Napoleon by Lorenzo Bartolini and the battle paintings The Battle of Aboukir by Antoine-Jean Gros, The Battle of the Pyramids by Louis-François Lejeune and Napoleon Honours Unfortunate Courage by Jean Baptiste Debret in which the Emperor is shown saluting the bravery of his wounded Austrian enemies. Jean Broc's The Death of General Desaix portrays the death of Louis Desaix at the Battle of Marengo.
The Salon of 1810 was an art exhibition held at the Louvre in Paris, part of the series of Salons held to display paintings, sculptures and engravings. It opened on 5 November 1810 and lasted until April 1811. It was the penultimate Salon to be held during the Napoleonic era and was followed by the Salon of 1812.
The Salon of 1802 was an art exhibition held at the Louvre in Paris during the era of the French Consulate. It was held the same year as the Treaty of Amiens that ended the French Revolutionary Wars. Staged by the former Académie Royale it featured paintings and sculptures and lasted from 2 September to 16 November 1802. Due to the peace between France and the United Kingdom, it was the only year between 1793 and 1814 when British visitors could travel to visit the Salon. The Anglo-American painter and President of the Royal Academy Benjamin West exhibited his Death on the Pale Horse at the Salon. The peace was short-lived, followed by the outbreak of the Napoleonic Wars the following year. The next exhibition was the Salon of 1804, held the year Napoleon declared himself emperor.
Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Belley is a 1797 portrait painting by the French artist Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson. It depicts Jean-Baptiste Belley, a former slave from Saint-Domingue who was elected to serve in the National Convention following the French Revolution. He stands beside a bust of the French abolitionist Guillaume Thomas François Raynal. The composition resembles the artist's later Portrait of Chateaubriand.
Napoleon Pardoning the Rebels at Cairo is an 1808 history painting by the French artist Pierre-Narcisse Guérin. It depicts a scene on 23 October 1798 during the French invasion of Egypt. In the aftermath of the crushing of the Revolt of Cairo that broke out two days earlier, Napoleon parsons several of the leaders of the rebellion. The French general Joachim Murat stands behind him. It was one of a number of paintings produced in the era portraying Napoleon showing clemency towards enemies defeated.
