1807 in art
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Events in the year 1807 in art.
Events[]
- Napoleon Bonaparte purchases the Borghese art collection, including a 2nd century bust, the Antinous Mondragone, and brings it to Paris, where in 1808 it is placed at the Louvre.[1]
- William Thomas Beckford moves into Fonthill Abbey, built to house the art collection, even though construction has not finished.[2]
Works[]
- William Blake – illustrations of Paradise Lost
- Jacques-Louis David – The Coronation of Napoleon
- Arthur William Devis – The Death of Nelson, 21 October 1805
- Caspar David Friedrich
- Cairn in Snow
- Cross in the Mountains (Tetschen Altar)
- Daniel Turner – Nelson's Funeral Procession on the Thames, 9 January 1806
- J. M. W. Turner – Sun Rising Through Vapour, Fishermen Cleaning and Selling Fish
- Horace Vernet - Napoleon at the Battle of Friedland[3]
- Hendrik Voogd – Italian Landscape with Umbrella Pines
- David Wilkie – Rent Day
Births[]
- February 4 – Max Emanuel Ainmiller, German glass painter (died 1870)
- September 10 – Friedrich Gauermann, Austrian painter (died 1862)
- September 22 – Ulisse Cambi, Italian sculptor (died 1895)
- October 5 – Constant Dutilleux, French illustrator and engraver (died 1865)
- date unknown – Jean Achard, French painter (died 1884)
Deaths[]
- February 9 – Joseph-Benoît Suvée, Flemish painter (born 1743)
- March 8 – Sawrey Gilpin, English painter of animals (born 1733)
- April 2 – Balthasar Anton Dunker, German landscape painter and etcher (born 1746)
- April 6 – John Opie, English historical and portrait painter (born 1761)
- April 28 – Jacob Philipp Hackert, German-born landscape painter (born 1737)
- July 28 – Jan Regulski, Polish glyptic artist and medalist (born 1760)
- September 18 – Franciszek Smuglewicz, Polish draughtsman and painter (born 1745)
- November 5 – Angelica Kauffman, Swiss-Austrian painter (born 1741)
- December 6 – Niclas Lafrensen, Swedish genre and miniature painter (born 1737)
- date unknown
- Eliphalet Chapin, American furniture designer (born 1741)
- Nathaniel Grogan, Irish painter from Cork (born 1740)
References[]
- ^ "The collection".
- ^ Sarah Wise (9 Feb 2002). "The man who had too much". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ^ Carruthers, K. A. (30 April 2014). Napoleon on Campaign: Classic Images of Napoleon at War. ISBN 9781783462506.
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