Jacques-Louis David

Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825), Patroclus, 1780. Oil on canvas, 122 x 170 cm. Cherbourg-Octeville , Musée d'art Thomas-Henry © Daniel Sohier FRANKFURT.- A comprehensive special exhibition presented by Frankfurt’s Städel Museum from 20 February to 26 May 2013 will highlight the art of Neoclassicism and the impulses it provided for Romanticism. Developed in collaboration with the Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung, the show Beauty and Revolution will assemble about one hundred works of the period from 1770 to 1820 by... [Lire la suite]

The Coronation of Napoleon, detail of Josephine, Jacques-Louis David

Rare fauteuil d'apparat en acajou à dossier plat. Epoque Empire. Photo Osenat. lequel présente une moulure d'encadrement surmonté d'un chapiteau à enroulement sculpté de palmettes et rinceaux. Les accotoirs sont sculptés dans la partie postérieure en forme de console à décor de palmettes et feuillages et terminés par une partie sphérique supportée par deux pieds antérieurs en carquois sculptés de rosaces, feuilles d'eau et denticules. Pieds postérieurs arqués.Marque d'inventaire: INVe 17.0.2 H: 108 cm, L: 72 cm, P: 58 cm.... [Lire la suite]

Jacques-Louis David, St. Jerome, 1779. Collection of the Council of Churchwardens, Notre-Dame de Québec, on deposit at the Museum of Civilization, Quebec City OTTAWA, ON.- Since the Renaissance, Rome has attracted generations of painters and sculptors. Eighteenth–century Rome was a main crossroads for the European community and a major source of cultural influences. It was a favoured destination, not only for French artists, but for art lovers and connoisseurs. Until 2 January 2012, the National Gallery of Canada, in collaboration... [Lire la suite]

Pompeo Batoni, Academic Nude, 1765. Charcoal heightened with black and white chalk on blue-grey paper. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Rienzi Collection, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harris Masterson III. HOUSTON, TX.-At the end of the 18th century, fresh archeological finds in Herculaneum and Pompeii inspired artists, intellectuals, and the public all over Europe to be newly fascinated with antiquities. “Neoclassicism” is the term given to the various classicizing movements that developed in the late 18th to early 19th centuries and... [Lire la suite]

Edgar Degas, (1834–1917), Head of a Soldier, c. 1859. Watercolor, gouache, and red chalk wash over graphite, 25.6 x 21.0 cm. Fondation Custodia, Paris NEW YORK, NY.- As its major fall exhibition, the Frick presents Watteau to Degas: French Drawings from the Frits Lugt Collection, featuring more than sixty works on paper from the holdings of the Fondation Custodia, Paris. On view until January 10, 2010, it includes drawings and watercolors by well-known masters of the French School, including Antoine Watteau, François Boucher,... [Lire la suite]

Louis-Léopold Boilly (1761–1845), Portraits of the Artist’s Family and Servants. Black and white chalk, on light brown wove paper, 17 13/16 x 11 11/16 inches (450 x 297 mm)Thaw Collection, The Morgan Library & Museum NEW YORK, NY.- Few eras in French history witnessed the same degree of radical social and political changes as those of the eighteenth century. The efflorescence of the ancien régime and its eventual downfall provide the backdrop to a period of remarkable artistic vitality and variety that subtly chronicled the... [Lire la suite]

NEW YORK, NY.- Few eras in French history witnessed the same degree of radical social and political changes as those of the eighteenth century. The efflorescence of the ancient régime and its eventual downfall provide the backdrop to a period of remarkable artistic vitality and variety that subtly chronicled the many changes taking place in France. It is this dynamic period in French art history that is the subject of Rococo and Revolution: Eighteenth-Century French Drawings. On view from October 2, 2009, through January 3, 2010,... [Lire la suite]

LONDON.- Sotheby's forthcoming sales of Old Master Paintings and Drawings to take place in London on Wednesday, July 8 and Thursday, July 9, 2009 will bring to the market a superb selection of rare works by renowned French, Spanish, Dutch, Flemish, Italian and British Old Masters as well as a single-owner sale of Renaissance and Baroque masterworks from the collection of Barbara Piasecka Johnson. Among the artists to feature in the Old Master Paintings Evening Sale are Daddi, Dell’Abate, Metsu, Guercino, Zurbarán, Guardi,... [Lire la suite]

En hommage à mon père qui était un fervent admirateur de Danton... Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825), Portrait de Danton, vers 1790-1795, crayon noir, 16,5 x 12 cm. Estimation : 60 000/80 000 €. "De l’audace, encore de l’audace, toujours de l’audace", disait Georges Jacques Danton (1759-1794). Issu d’une famille bourgeoise de l’Aube, avocat au Conseil du roi - charge qu’il a achetée avec la dot de son épouse, fille d’un riche cafetier -, notre homme préfère la fréquentation des cafés à celle du barreau. En 1790,... [Lire la suite]