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Sébastien Melchior Cornu

7 works

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Half-length portrait of a man with brown hair in a dark coat and high collar against a dark background.

Portrait d'Edgar Quinet (1803-1875), littérateur et homme politique

1835

Painted frieze of Greek gods and figures, with a man shaping a clay figure beside a statue, Athena, Hermes and Poseidon.

"Prométhée modelant le premier homme", composition provenant de l'atrium de la maison pompéienne du prince Napoléon

1860

Painted frieze of archers shooting nude and draped figures in a classical mythological massacre scene.

"Le massacre des Niobides", composition provenant de l'atrium de la maison pompéienne du prince Napoléon

1860

Two-panel painting of saints in arched settings: a healing scene on a bed and a kneeling youth receiving a habit beside a cro

Esquisse pour l'église Saint-Séverin : Saint Séverin, abbé d'Agaune, guérit le roi Clovis. Saint Séverin le solitaire…

1850

Sketch of the Descent from the Cross with Christ's body and grieving figures beneath a draped white cloth, in an arched frame

Esquisse pour la chapelle de la Compassion de l'église Saint-Roch : "Le Christ descendu de la Croix"

1856

Gilded sketch of a haloed Virgin in an arched niche with arms raised, while kneeling figures look up toward her.

Esquisse pour la chapelle de la Compassion de l'église Saint-Roch : "La Vierge consolatrice"

1870

Painting of classical figures in a frieze, with archers shooting arrows at fallen nude youths and grieving women.

Massacre des Niobides, composition provenant de l'atrium de la maison pompéienne du prince Napoléon

1860

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