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Pierre-Paul Prud'hon - Study of a Man

Study of a Man (circa 1810-1820)

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (French, 1758-1823)
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The Artist died in 1823 so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries where the copyright term is the Artist's life plus 70 years or fewer.
Pierre-Paul Prud'hon
About the Artist

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon was a French Romantic painter and draughtsman best known for his allegorical paintings and portraits such as Madame Georges Anthony and Her Two Sons (1796). Notably, he painted a portrait of each of Napoleon's two wives.

He was an early influence on Théodore Géricault.

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon was born in Cluny, Saône-et-Loire, France. He received his artistic training in the French provinces and went to Italy when he was twenty-six years old to continue his education. On his return to Paris, he found work decorating some private mansions. His work for wealthy Parisians led him to be held in high esteem at Napoleon's court.

His painting of Josephine portrays her not as an Empress, but as a lovely, attractive woman, which led some to think that he might have been in love with her. After the divorce of Napoleon and Josephine, he was also employed by Napoleon' s second wife Marie-Louise.

Prud'hon was at times clearly influenced by Neo-classicism, at other times by Romanticism. Appreciated by other artists and writers such as Stendhal, Delacroix, Millet and Baudelaire for his chiaroscuro and convincing realism, he is probably most famous for his Crucifixion (1822), which he painted for St. Etienne's Cathedral in Metz. Crucifixion now hangs in the Louvre.

The young Théodore Géricault had painted copies of work by Prud'hon, whose "thunderously tragic pictures" include his masterpiece, Justice and Divine Vengeance Pursuing Crime, where oppressive darkness and the compositional base of a naked, sprawled corpse obviously anticipate Géricault's painting The Raft of the Medusa.

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Study of a Female Nude (1800)

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The Empress Joséphine (1805 - 1809)

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Profil du Roi de Rome (1800)

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Lavinie Barbier-Walbonne, Later Baronne Darriule

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Apollon et Calliope (1800)

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La Vieillesse (1800)

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More Artwork by Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (View all 102 Artworks)

Study for Une Famille dans la désolation (ca. 1821)

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (French, 1758-1823)

Terspichore et Erato (1800)

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (French, 1758-1823)

Study of a Female Nude (1800)

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (French, 1758-1823)

The Empress Joséphine (1805 - 1809)

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (French, 1758-1823)

Profil du Roi de Rome (1800)

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (French, 1758-1823)

Lavinie Barbier-Walbonne, Later Baronne Darriule

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (French, 1758-1823)
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