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Léon Cogniet

19 works

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Interior of a dim room with a man reading a letter beside a bed, a window opening onto a distant landscape with cypress trees

The Artist in His Room at the Villa Medici, Rome

1817

Oil painting of a farrier shoeing a horse in a dim stable, with a child and another man at the left.

Flemish farrier

Oil portrait of a dark-haired man in a black coat and white cravat, arms folded, against a pink desert landscape.

Portrait of Champollion (1790-1832)

1831

Full-length painting of a young man in a green coat raising a top hat, with a sword and a cloudy landscape behind him.

Antoine Philippe de la Trémoille, prince de Talmond, général vendéen

1826

Woman in fur clothing stands with two dogs beside a tent, icebergs and a stormy sky behind her.

A Woman from the Arctic

1826

Painting of Mary Magdalene and angels at an empty tomb at dawn, with mourning women to the left.

Esquisse pour l'église de la Madeleine : Sainte Madeleine au sépulcre

1842

Oil sketch of a winged figure in clouds within a medallion, framed by ornate panels of landscapes and rural scenes.

Esquisse pour l'ancien Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Le jour et les quatre saisons

1851

Sketch of Apollo driving a chariot of white horses across the sky, with a sun disc and winged figures around him.

Le char d'Apollon - esquisse pour l'ancien hôtel de Ville

1851

Circular sketch of a nude woman with golden hair pushing back a dark veil, scattering flowers in warm dawn light.

Esquisse pour l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Le jour écartant les voiles de la nuit

1851

Circular oil sketch of a radiant sun figure above a team of galloping horses in a golden, cloudy sky.

Esquisse pour l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Le char du soleil

1851

Oil painting of a woman in fur clothing with two dogs on a snowy shore, icebergs and a grey sea behind her.

A Woman from the Land of Eskimos

1826

Painting of rooftops and rolling hills under a blue sky with a distant mountain range at sunset.

Toits et collines au coucher du soleil

1850

Battle scene on a dusty plain with cavalry, firing infantry, smoke, fallen horses and men, and mountains behind.

Bataille du mont-thabor

1837

Woman in traditional dress sorting a red shawl on a rocky hillside beside a rifle, hat, and open chest.

The Italian brigand's wife

1825

Painting of fireworks bursting over a castle at night, with orange reflections on a river and small boats below.

Feu d'artifice au château Saint-Ange à Rome

Portrait of a Gentleman

c. 1835

Hand-colored print of two dapple-gray horses galloping, one ridden by a man in a red coat across an open field.

Two Dapple-Gray Horses Exercising (Deux chevaux gris pommele que l'on promene)

1822

The Prix de Rome Winners of 1817: Léon Cogniet, Achille Michallon and Antoine Garnaud

1817

Small grey-toned portrait of a bearded man in a beret, centered on a wide cream sheet with margins.

Portret van Théodore Géricault

1824

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