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Sappho and Phaon by Jacques-Louis David

Sappho and Phaon

Jacques-Louis David · 1809

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Artist
Jacques-Louis David
Date
1809
Location
Hermitage Museum
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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Amédée-David, the Comte de Pastoret Same movement · Neoclassicism Amédée-David, the Comte de Pastoret Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres · 1823 · Art Institute of Chicago Fishing upon the Blythe-Sand, Tide Setting In Same era · 1790s–1820s Fishing upon the Blythe-Sand, Tide Setting In J. M. W. Turner · 1809 · National Gallery The Third of May 1808 Same era · 1790s–1820s The Third of May 1808 Francisco Goya · 1814 · Museo del Prado The Monk by the Sea Same era · 1790s–1820s The Monk by the Sea Caspar David Friedrich · 1800 · Alte Nationalgalerie Male Academy Figure: Half-Length, Side View Same era · 1790s–1820s Male Academy Figure: Half-Length, Side View Eugène Delacroix · 1819 · Karen B. Cohen Collection Samuel Fisher Bradford Same era · 1790s–1820s Samuel Fisher Bradford Rembrandt Peale · 1803 · Art Institute of Chicago Conflagration of the Masonic Hall, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Same era · 1790s–1820s Conflagration of the Masonic Hall, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Samuel Jones · 1819 · Art Institute of Chicago Sketchbook: Souvenir of Naples Same era · 1790s–1820s Sketchbook: Souvenir of Naples Artist Unknown - The Mercat Cross, Aberdeen · 1821 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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