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Jean-Michel Moreau

42 works

Jean-Michel Moreau (1741-1814) was a painter, draftsperson and engraver. Read more

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Watercolor drawing of a woman in an ornate 1780s gown with feathered headdress, pointing to the left against a plain backgrou

Costume Study for Opera Singer

1781

Engraving of a grand hall with columns, chandeliers and a crowd of elegantly dressed guests around a central dais.

Royal Feast

1782

Engraved title page with 'LA CINQUANTAINE', winged figures with a torch over rustic figures and cherubs by a pedestal.

The Fifty

1771

Pencil and wash drawing of Phaeton bowing before the seated Sun god in a columned palace, with attendants around him.

Phaeton au Palais du Soleil ...

1766

Grey wash drawing of a gaunt spectral figure hovering over a sleeping man in a curtained bed beside a lamp.

La Famine par l'ordre de Ceres ...

1767

Grey wash drawing of a woman on altar steps, a priest with a knife, soldiers, and a goddess with a deer in clouds.

The Sacrifice of Iphigenia

1769

Red and white chalk drawing of a seated woman in a pink lace-trimmed gown and powdered hairstyle, 1778.

Yes or No

1778

Engraving of a grand hall with chandeliers, columns, and a crowded royal banquet with guests and servants.

Le festin royal

1782

Engraving of a grand ballroom with a crowd of costumed dancers, draped arches, chandeliers and spectators in upper galleries.

Le bal masqué

1782

Engraving of a poplar-covered island with a tomb monument, figures on the bank and a rowboat on the river.

Tombeau de Jean Jacques Rousseau (Tomb of Jean Jacques Rosseau)

1778

Engraved title page with an ornamental border, winged allegorical figures, cherubs and couples by a fountain under the title

La cinquantaine

1771

Engraving of a seated woman with a lyre and score beside a globe, set in a wooded landscape with a classical temple.

Frontispiece: Dictionnaire de musique

1779

Sepia drawing of a kneeling woman pleading with an armored warrior holding a shield, with grieving women and a classical frie

Creusa Pleads with Aeneas as He Leaves for War

1803

Sepia drawing of a bewigged man greeted by a bearded figure in a wooded grove, with cherubs in a boat and a seated man in the

The Arrival of Jean-Jacques Rousseau to the Champs-Élysées

1780

Engraving of a grand hall with marble columns and a crowd of courtiers and clergy gathered before a raised dais.

Oath of Louis XVI at his Investiture

1779

Engraving of a night fireworks display over a crowd before a civic building, with fountains and a classical pavilion lit on t

The Fireworks

January 21, 1782

Etching of a formal city square with an equestrian statue, carriages, strollers on balustraded terraces and trees.

Place de Louis XV

1770

Engraving of two knights jousting on horseback at a tournament with spectators and tents, above printed text about Robert de

Steekspel met Robert van Clermont

1772

Ink and wash elevation drawing of a classical wall tomb with columns, a central sarcophagus, bust, and flanking armored figur

Elevation for a Wall Tomb

Brown ink and wash drawing of a carriage with elegant passengers and riders passing through a wooded landscape with dogs.

Outing in a Wood

n.d.

Sepia drawing of a man and woman with a harp in a paneled room, a seated man by the window, and a dog.

Perfect Harmony

1776

Brown wash drawing of two women on a balcony watching a man holding up a dead bird while dogs leap nearby.

The Wager Won

1778

Brown wash drawing of Iphigenia kneeling at an altar as a priest raises a knife, with Diana and a deer above.

The Sacrifice of Iphigenia

1810

Brown ink drawing of a mounted horseman charging through a crowd under trees, with a fallen man in the foreground.

Der Angriff des Prince de Lambesc in den Tuilerien

1789

Brown wash drawing of two warriors embracing a fallen soldier on a battlefield under a moonlit sky with a distant city.

Medor und Cloridan finden auf dem Schlachtfeld den Leichnam Dardinells

1771

Engraving of an 18th-century bedroom with a canopied bed, attendant women, candelabra, and cherubs on the ceiling.

Le Couche de la Mariee (The Marriage Bed)

1768

Engraving of a crowd watching fireworks over a city square at night, with a town hall, fountains and columns.

Birth of the Dauphin: The Crowd Watching the Fireworks on the Place de la Grève, Paris, January 21, 1782

1782, reprinted ca. 1860

Grey wash drawing of a man in a fur coat raising a dagger before two women on a couch in an ornate draped room.

Comme ils en étaient là, arrive l'oncle

ca. 1778

Engraving of an elegant bedchamber with a canopied bed, attendants in period dress, candles, and cherubs on the ceiling.

Le couché de la mariée

1768

Engraved studio scene: an artist at an easel watches a seated, partly draped female model while an attendant adjusts her hair

Le modèle honnête

1770

Pen drawing of two women in ruffled 18th-century dresses standing before trees, with a small dog at lower left.

Zwei junge Damen vor einer Waldkulisse

1767

Engraving of a painter at an easel beside a seated nude model in an elegant studio with a cat and folding screen.

Le modèle honnête

1772

Jean-Michel Moreau (1741-1814) was a painter, draftsperson and engraver. Jean-Michel Moreau was born in Paris. Browse 42 works by Jean-Michel Moreau from 6 museums, free to download in HD. Source: Wikidata