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Charles Meynier

18 works

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Painting of Minerva on clouds with allegorical figures, a winged youth with torch, and a woman offering laurel branch.

France in the likeness of Minerva

1819

Allegorical painting of nymphs and armored Minerva in clouds, with a reclining river figure labeled Seine below.

The Nymphs of Parthenope, carrying away far from their shores the Penates, images of their gods, are led by the godde…

1827

Apollo holds a laurel wreath beside a golden lyre as Urania leans on a celestial globe, with swans by a pond.

Apollo, God of Light, Eloquence, Poetry, and the Fine Arts with Urania, Muse of Astronomy

1798

Seated woman crowned with laurel holds a Greek scroll and trumpet, with a bust of Homer in a stormy sky behind her.

Calliope, Muse of Epic Poetry

1798

Painting of winged muse Clio seated with a stylus and tablet, beside a broken relief, swords, and classical statuary.

Clio, Muse of History

1800

Painting of a robed woman with outstretched arms beside a classical bust on a pedestal, under a dark dusk sky.

Polyhymnia, Muse of Eloquence

1800

Neoclassical painting of a warrior guiding a seated woman toward a kneeling painter beside an easel with a Cupid.

Alexander the Great Giving Campaspe to Apelles

1822

Painting of a seated woman in red with a floral wreath beside a nude winged youth, with a lyre and flowers under a tree.

Erato, Muse of Lyrical Poetry

1800

Five panels of classical muses and Apollo with lyre, laurel wreath, scrolls and swan in landscape settings.

Polyhymnia, Muse of Eloquence; Erato, Muse of Lyrical Poetry; Apollo, God of Light, Eloquence, Poetry, and the Fine A…

1800

Oil painting of a priest in black gesturing to reaching children, with women and nuns gathered in an arched interior.

Saint Vincent de Paul prêchant la charité

1824

Painting of mounted officers riding through a crowded square before the Brandenburg Gate, with townspeople gathered on both s

Entry of Napoleon I into Berlin, 27th October 1806

1810

Classical painting of Telemachus and Mentor with nymphs and dogs in a wooded clearing beside a stormy sea.

Telemachus, Urged by Mentor, Leaving the Island of Calypso

1799

Painting of Calliope, a muse in a white gown and laurel wreath, holding a scroll with a bust and stormy sky behind her.

Calliope, Muse of Epic Poetry

1797

Painting of a helmeted Minerva figure with allegorical women, a winged youth and a laurel-bearing figure in clouds.

La France, sous les traits de Minerve, protégeant les Arts

1818

Painting of a commanding officer pointing across a river at a pontoon bridge while wounded soldiers are tended in the foregro

Napoleon's Return to the Island of Lobau After the Battle of Essling

1812

Ink and wash drawing of classical figures in a forest grove, a bearded man and young man at left and women in robes in the fo

Telemachus, Urged by Mentor, Leaving the Island of Calypso

1800

Brown wash drawing of a nude winged youth and a seated draped woman beside a lyre and tree in a landscape.

The Muse Erato Writing Verses Inspired by Love

1797

Brown wash drawing of allegorical figures on clouds, including an armored goddess, winged torch-bearer, lions, and laurel-cro

Earth Receiving the Code of Roman Law from the Emperors Hadrian and Justinian

1802

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