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Psyche Abandoned by Jacques-Louis David

Psyche Abandoned

Jacques-Louis David · 1795

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Artist
Jacques-Louis David
Date
1795
ART MOVEMENTS
Academic artClassicismNeoclassicism
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Jacques-Louis David

1748–1825 · France

David survived revolution, prison, and exile to paint Napoleon's glory — and still died the most influential artist in France.

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Beyond David and Academic art: works from the same years, and from the other movements Psyche Abandoned belongs to.

Amédée-David, the Comte de Pastoret Same movement · Neoclassicism Amédée-David, the Comte de Pastoret Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres · 1823 · Art Institute of Chicago A Limekiln, Possibly at Briton Ferry in South Wales Same era · 1780s–1810s A Limekiln, Possibly at Briton Ferry in South Wales J. M. W. Turner · 1797 · Yale Center for British Art The Monk by the Sea Same era · 1780s–1810s The Monk by the Sea Caspar David Friedrich · 1800 · Alte Nationalgalerie Samuel Fisher Bradford Same era · 1780s–1810s Samuel Fisher Bradford Rembrandt Peale · 1803 · Art Institute of Chicago Milton Dictating to His Daughter Same era · 1780s–1810s Milton Dictating to His Daughter Henry Fuseli · 1794 · Art Institute of Chicago John Blake (1770–1810), Mayor of Maidstone (1799) Same era · 1780s–1810s John Blake (1770–1810), Mayor of Maidstone (1799) Samuel Drummond · 1799 · Maidstone Museum and Bentlif Art Gallery Portrait of a Man Same era · 1780s–1810s Portrait of a Man Benjamin West · 1790 · Art Institute of Chicago Portrait of the Artist's Father Same era · 1780s–1810s Portrait of the Artist's Father Thomas Stewardson · 1800 · Abbot Hall Art Gallery
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