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Pierre-Augustin Vafflard - The Death Of sappho

The Death Of sappho (1819)

Pierre-Augustin Vafflard (French, 1777-1837)
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The Artist died in 1837 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 Antoine Augustin Vafflard was a French painter who specialized in history, genre scenes and portraits. His later paintings are in the Troubadour style.

He was a student of Jean-Baptiste Regnault.

He exhibited at the Salon beginning in 1800 and won the Gold Medal in 1824 for "Dernière bénédiction de l'évêque Bourlier" (The last blessing of Bishop Bourlier). Under the July Monarchy, he was responsible for pictorial restorative work at the galleries in the Château de Versailles and the "Galerie de Diane" at the palais des Tuileries. He also did church decorations.

In 1834, he was a major exhibitor at the "Exposition d'objets d'arts et d'industrie anciens et modernes" in Bordeaux, from which all profits were distributed to the poor. His works may be seen at museums throughout France as well as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

One of his most often reproduced images is Young et sa fille, exhibited at the Salon of 1804 and currently in the Musée d'Angoulême. It depicts the English poet, Edward Young carrying the body of his daughter-in-law, Elizabeth Temple, to bury her in the Swiss Protestant cemetery after it had been refused at the Catholic cemetery. Vafflard changed it to the poet's daughter, to make it more dramatic. It has been used as a cover illustration for The Lady of the Shroud by Bram Stoker and Frankenstein.

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Saint Ambroise sauvant un prêtre arien de la fureur du peuple

Saint Ambroise sauvant un prêtre arien de la fureur du peuple (1819)

Pierre-Augustin Vafflard (French, 1777-1837)

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