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Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (1758 - 1823)

• Was a French Romantic painter and draughtsman.
• He is best known for his allegorical paintings and portraits such as Madame Georges Anthony and Her Two Sons, 1796.
• His work for wealthy Parisians led him to be held in high esteem at Napoleon's court.
• Notably, he painted a portrait of each of Napoleon's two wives.
• The young Théodore Géricault had painted copies of work by Prud'hon, whose "thunderously tragic pictures" include his masterpiece.
• The displayed painting is: Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, Self-portrait, 1788-1790.
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Completed by Charles Pompee Le Boulanger de Boisfremont, Pierre Paul Prud'hon, Andromache and Astyanax, 1813-17 or 1823-24

Original, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Visited in 2017-2022.

Completed by Charles Pompee Le Boulanger de Boisfremont, Pierre Paul Prud'hon, Andromache and Astyanax, 1813-17 or 1823-24

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, Justice and Divine Vengeance Pursuing Crime, 1805-06

Original, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Visited in 2018.

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, Justice and Divine Vengeance Pursuing Crime, 1805-06

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, The Assumption of the Virgin, c. 1816-19

Oritginal, The Wallace Collection, London. Visited in 2018.

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, The Assumption of the Virgin, c. 1816-19

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, Constance Marie Françoise Mayer and Pierre Paul Prud'hon - The Sleep of Venus (Le sommeil de Vénus), 1806

Oritginal, The Wallace Collection, London. Visited in 2018.

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, Constance Marie Françoise Mayer and Pierre Paul Prud'hon - The Sleep of Venus (Le sommeil de Vénus), 1806

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, Puppies, 1790s

Oritginal, The Wallace Collection, London. Visited in 2018.

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, Puppies, 1790s

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, The Zephyr, c. 1814

Oritginal, The Wallace Collection, London. Visited in 2018.

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, The Zephyr, c. 1814

Pierre Paul Prud`hon, The Abduction of Psyche

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Pierre Paul Prud`hon, The Abduction of Psyche

Pierre Paul Prud'hon, The Soul breaking the bonds that bind him to the earth, 1821-1823

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Pierre Paul Prud'hon, The Soul breaking the bonds that bind him to the earth, 1821-1823

Pierre Paul Prud'hon, The Soul breaking the bonds that bind him to the earth, 1821-1823

Pierre Paul Prud'hon, Empress Josephine (1763-1814), 1805-1809

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Pierre Paul Prud'hon, Empress Josephine (1763-1814), 1805-1809

Pierre Paul Prud'hon, The King of Rome (1811-1832), 1811

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Pierre Paul Prud'hon, The King of Rome (1811-1832), 1811

Pierre Paul Prud'hon, Christ on the cross. The Madeleine and the Virgin are at his feet, 1822

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Pierre Paul Prud'hon, Christ on the cross. The Madeleine and the Virgin are at his feet, 1822

Pierre Paul Prud'hon, Salon de la richesse, c. 1798-1801

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Pierre Paul Prud'hon, Salon de la richesse, c. 1798-1801

Pierre Paul Prud'hon, Salon de la richesse;Les Plaisirs; c. 1798-1801

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Pierre Paul Prud'hon, Salon de la richesse;Les Plaisirs; c. 1798-1801

Pierre Paul Prud'hon, Salon de la richesse; Philosophy; c. 1798-1801

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Pierre Paul Prud'hon, Salon de la richesse; Philosophy; c. 1798-1801

Pierre Paul Prud'hon, Salon de la richesse; Philosophy; c. 1798-1801

Pierre Paul Prud'hon French, Salon de la richesse, The arts, c. 1798-1801

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Pierre Paul Prud'hon French, Salon de la richesse, The arts, c. 1798-1801

Pierre Paul Prud'hon, Salon de la richesse; Wealth; c. 1798-1801

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Pierre Paul Prud'hon, Salon de la richesse; Wealth; c. 1798-1801

Pierre Paul Prud'hon, Salon de la richesse; Le Midi-Noon; c. 1798-1801

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Pierre Paul Prud'hon, Salon de la richesse; Le Midi-Noon; c. 1798-1801

Pierre Paul Prud'hon, Salon de la richesse; Le Soir-The evening; c. 1798-1801

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Pierre Paul Prud'hon, Salon de la richesse; Le Soir-The evening; c. 1798-1801

Pierre Paul Prud'hon, Salon de la richesse; L'Après-midi-The Afternoon;c. 1798-1801

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Pierre Paul Prud'hon, Salon de la richesse; L'Après-midi-The Afternoon;c. 1798-1801

Pierre Paul Prud'hon, Minerva enlightening the geniuses of arts and sciences

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Pierre Paul Prud'hon, Minerva enlightening the geniuses of arts and sciences

Pierre Paul Prud'hon, Minerva enlightening the geniuses of arts and sciences

Pierre Paul Prud'hon, Minerva enlightening the geniuses of arts and sciences

Pierre Paul Prud'hon, Monument of Pope Clement XIV by Canova, 1787

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Pierre Paul Prud'hon, Monument of Pope Clement XIV by Canova, 1787

Pierre Paul Prud'hon, Monument of Pope Clement XIV by Canova, 1787

Pierre Paul Prud'hon, Venus, Hymen and Cupid, about 1793

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Pierre Paul Prud'hon, Venus, Hymen and Cupid, about 1793

Pierre Paul Prud'hon, Dr. Thomas Dagoumer (1762-1833-1835), 1819

Original, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge. Visited in 2023.

Pierre Paul Prud'hon, Dr. Thomas Dagoumer (1762-1833-1835), 1819