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Pierre-Paul Prud'hon

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Painting of a seated woman embracing a child in a dim classical interior, with a kneeling woman and a standing man in red.

Andromache and Astyanax

?1813-17; 1823-24?

Winged figures with a sword and torch pursue a fleeing man past a fallen nude body under a moonlit sky.

Justice and Divine Vengeance Pursuing Crime

about 1805-1806

Painting of helmeted Minerva holding a lamp over putti studying a globe and book against a dark background.

Minerve éclairant les génies des Arts et des Sciences

1775

Moonlit river scene with a reclining woman, winged youth, cherub, and seated women in a rowing boat.

The Dream of Happiness

after 1819

Painting of three winged putti in a dark setting, one holding a lit torch on a stand, by Pierre-Paul Prud'hon.

Les Préparatifs de la guerre ou Les Apprêts de l'Amour

Four vertical panels with allegorical women on pedestals, putti and cherubs, holding a lyre, book and painter's tools.

Les Arts, la Richesse, les Plaisirs et la Philosophie

1798

Painting of Apollo and nine Muses gathered in a wooded landscape, with musicians and small winged putti.

Apollo and the Nine Muses on Mount Parnassus

Dark painted scene of a reclining woman in a boat beside a tree, with a seated figure and cherubic children around her.

Le rêve du bonheur

1819

Painted procession of a golden chariot pulled by horses, with winged and draped figures, nude youths and classical columns.

Le triomphe de Bonaparte ou la Paix

1801

Two chalk figure studies on blue paper: a seated female nude on the left and a standing male nude seen from behind on the rig

Study of a Nude Woman, Seated Looking to the Right (recto) Study of a Male Nude (verso)

c. 1810

Line engraving of a woman with flowing drapery riding a bull above wavy sea forms, with a winged figure overhead.

Rape of Europa

c. 1800

Line drawing of a woman riding a bull over waves, her hand on the animal's horn, with billowing drapery behind her.

The Abduction of Europa

c. 1788

Engraved print of Europa carried over waves by a bull, with the caption Enlèvement d'Europe below.

Ontvoering van Europa

1780

Seated woman with curled hair holding a spindle beside a lamp stand and wool basket, drawn in chalk on toned paper.

Lachesis

n.d.

Drawing of a draped grey cloth with soft folds, shaded in black chalk and highlighted in white on blue-grey paper.

Study of Drapery

ca. 1813

Ontvoering van Europa

1768