Neoclassicism: works and artists

Catullus and Lesbia, who seeks solace in his arms for the death of her sparrow, Nicolai Abildgaard

Catullus and Lesbia, who seeks solace in his arms for the death of her sparrow, 1809.

Catullus og Lesbia, der i hans arme søger trøst for hendes… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Nivaagaard Collection, Denmark

Portrait of José Gerónimo Rodríguez, José Gil de Castro

Portrait of José Gerónimo Rodríguez, 1826.

Retrato de José Gerónimo Rodríguez (museum title)

José Gil de Castro (Peruvian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

The Thames, or the Triumph of Navigation, James Barry

The Thames, or the Triumph of Navigation, 1792–1801.

The Thames, or the Triumph of Navigation (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), etching, engraving

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Portrait of Madame Ingres, née Ramel, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Portrait of Madame Ingres, née Ramel, 1859.

Portrait de Madame Ingres née Ramel (museum title)

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (French), oil on canvas

Oskar Reinhart Collection “Am Römerholz”, Switzerland

Tarquin and the Sibyl, Nicolai Abildgaard

Tarquin and the Sibyl, 1809.

Tarquinius og sibyllen (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Portrait of Colonel General Ramón Freire y Serrano, José Gil de Castro

Portrait of Colonel General Ramón Freire y Serrano, 1820.

Retrato del Coronel General Ramón Freire y Serrano (museum title)

José Gil de Castro (Peruvian), oil on canvas

National Historical Museum (Chile), Chili

Jonah, c. 1800.

Jonah (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), etching

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Joan of Arc at the Coronation of Charles VII, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Joan of Arc at the Coronation of Charles VII, 1854.

Jeanne d'Arc au sacre du roi Charles VII, dans la… (museum title)

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

The Robber Band's Housekeeper Consoles the Young Girl by Telling the Myth of Cupid and Psyche. Motif from Apuleius' "The Golden Ass", Nicolai Abildgaard

The Robber Band's Housekeeper Consoles the Young Girl by Telling the Myth of Cupid and Psyche. Motif from Apuleius' "The Golden Ass", 1808.

Røverbandens husholderske trøster den unge pige ved at… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Portrait of Juan Gregorio de Las Heras

Retrato de Juan Gregorio de Las Heras (museum title)

José Gil de Castro (Peruvian), oil on canvas

Musée historique national (Buenos Aires), Argentina

Mariano Alejo Álvarez and his Son, José Gil de Castro

Mariano Alejo Álvarez and his Son, c. 1834.

Mariano Alejo Álvarez y su hijo (museum title)

José Gil de Castro (Peruvian), oil on canvas

Lima Art Museum (MALI), Peru

Satan, Sin, and Death: "Death and Sin met by Satan on his Return from Earth", James Barry

Satan, Sin, and Death: "Death and Sin met by Satan on his Return from Earth", 1792–1795.

Satan, Sin, and Death: "Death and Sin met by Satan on his… (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), graphite, brush and brown ink, gray and brown wash heightened with white

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Jesus among the doctors, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Jesus among the doctors, 1862.

Jésus parmi les docteurs (museum title)

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (French), oil on canvas

Ingres-Bourdelle Museum, France

The Greek Poet Sappho and the Girl from Mytilene, Nicolai Abildgaard

The Greek Poet Sappho and the Girl from Mytilene, 1809.

Den græske digter Sappho og mytilenerinden (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Portrait of General José de San Martín, José Gil de Castro

Portrait of General José de San Martín, c. 1821.

Retrato del General José de San Martín (museum title)

José Gil de Castro (Peruvian), oil on canvas

Musée historique national (Buenos Aires), Argentina

Study for "Divine Justice", c. 1802.

Study for "Divine Justice" (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash over graphite

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Madame Moitessier, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Madame Moitessier, 1856.

Madame Moitessier (museum title)

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (French), oil on canvas

National Gallery, United Kingdom

Tibullus Lamenting outside the Door of his Beloved, Nicolai Abildgaard

Tibullus Lamenting outside the Door of his Beloved, 1808.

Den romerske digter Tibul der græder uden for sin elskedes… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Portrait of General José de San Martín, 1818.

Retrato del General José de San Martín (museum title)

José Gil de Castro (Peruvian), oil on canvas

Musée historique national (Buenos Aires), Argentina

Elysium and Tartarus or the State of Final Retribution, James Barry

Elysium and Tartarus or the State of Final Retribution, 1791.

Elysium and Tartarus or the State of Final Retribution (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), etching strengthened by engraving

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Divine Justice, 1808.

Divine Justice (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), etching, engraving

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Golden Age, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

The Golden Age, 1862.

L'âge d'or (museum title)

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (French), oil on wood

Fogg Art Museum, United States

Apollo charging the Parcae to visit Ceres, who has fled from the Earth, Nicolai Abildgaard

Apollo charging the Parcae to visit Ceres, who has fled from the Earth, 1809.

Apollon pålægger Parcerne at opsøge den fra jorden… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Portrait of Bernardo de Torre Tagle, José Gil de Castro

Portrait of Bernardo de Torre Tagle, 1823.

Retrato de Bernardo de Torre Tagle (museum title)

José Gil de Castro (Peruvian), oil on canvas

Musée historique national (Buenos Aires), Argentina

Eastern Patriarch, 1803.

Eastern Patriarch (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), lithograph

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

The Source, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

The Source, 1856.

La Source (museum title)

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

The Greek Poet Anacreon and Bathyll, Nicolai Abildgaard

The Greek Poet Anacreon and Bathyll, 1808.

Den græske digter Anakreon med Bathyllos (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Portrait of Colonel José Antonio Melián, José Gil de Castro

Portrait of Colonel José Antonio Melián, 1819.

Retrato del Coronel José Antonio Melián (museum title)

José Gil de Castro (Peruvian), oil on canvas

Musée historique national (Buenos Aires), Argentina

Orpheus Instructing a Savage People in Theology and the Arts of Social Life, James Barry

Orpheus Instructing a Savage People in Theology and the Arts of Social Life, 1791.

Orpheus Instructing a Savage People in Theology and the… (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), etching, engraving

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Madame Félix Gallois, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Madame Félix Gallois, 1852.

Madame Félix Gallois (museum title)

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (French), graphite with touches of gold in oil to highlight the jewelry, on buff wove paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Turkish Bath, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

The Turkish Bath, 1862.

Le Bain turc (museum title)

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (French), oil on canvas laid down on wood

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Odysseus Takes Counsel with Teiresias. From Homer´s Odyssey, Nicolai Abildgaard

Odysseus Takes Counsel with Teiresias. From Homer´s Odyssey, 1809.

Odysseus rådspørger i underverdenen spåmanden Teiresias (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Simón Bolívar, c. 1823.

Simón Bolívar (museum title)

José Gil de Castro (Peruvian), oil on canvas

Lima Art Museum (MALI), Peru

The Angelic Guards, 1808.

The Angelic Guards (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), etching, engraving

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Mademoiselle Mary de Borderieux(?), Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Mademoiselle Mary de Borderieux(?), 1857.

Mademoiselle Mary de Borderieux(?) (museum title)

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (French), graphite and watercolor on paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Alexander the Great and Diogenes, Nicolai Abildgaard

Alexander the Great and Diogenes, 1809.

Alexander den Store og Diogenes (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Kunsten Museum of Modern Art Aalborg, Denmark

Portrait of Field Marshal Luis de la Cruz y Goyeneche, José Gil de Castro

Portrait of Field Marshal Luis de la Cruz y Goyeneche, c. 1820.

Retrato del Mariscal de Campo Luis de la Cruz y Goyeneche (museum title)

José Gil de Castro (Peruvian), oil on canvas

National Historical Museum (Chile), Chili

A Grecian Harvest-Home, or Thanksgiving to the Rural Deities, Ceres, Bacchus, etc., James Barry

A Grecian Harvest-Home, or Thanksgiving to the Rural Deities, Ceres, Bacchus, etc., 1791.

A Grecian Harvest-Home, or Thanksgiving to the Rural… (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), etching, engraving

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Virgin Adoring the Host, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

The Virgin Adoring the Host, 1852.

The Virgin Adoring the Host (museum title)

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Fotis sees her Lover Lucius Transformed into an Ass. Motif from Apeleius' The Golden Ass, Nicolai Abildgaard

Fotis sees her Lover Lucius Transformed into an Ass. Motif from Apeleius' The Golden Ass, c. 1807–1808.

Tjenestepigen Fotis forfærdes over, at heksesalven… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Papirius and his Mother, Nicolai Abildgaard

Papirius and his Mother, 1809.

Papirius og hans moder (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Portrait of Simón Bolívar, José Gil de Castro

Portrait of Simón Bolívar, 1825.

Retrato de Simón Bolívar (museum title)

José Gil de Castro (Peruvian), oil on canvas

Casa de la Libertad (Sucre), Bolivia

Jupiter and Juno on Mount Ida, James Barry

Jupiter and Juno on Mount Ida, 1809.

Jupiter and Juno on Mount Ida (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), etching and mezzotint

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Self-Portrait, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Self-Portrait, 1859.

Autoportrait (museum title)

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (French)

Fogg Art Museum, United States

Fotis sees her Lover Lucius Transformed into an Ass. Motif from Apeleius' The Golden Ass, 1809.

Tjenestepigen Fotis forfærdes over, at heksesalven… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Portrait of General Tomás Guido, José Gil de Castro

Portrait of General Tomás Guido, 1820.

Retrato del General Tomás Guido (museum title)

José Gil de Castro (Peruvian), oil on canvas

Musée historique national (Buenos Aires), Argentina

Elysium & Tartarus, or The State of Final Retribution, James Barry

Elysium & Tartarus, or The State of Final Retribution, 1792–1808.

Elysium & Tartarus, or The State of Final Retribution (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), etching, engraving

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Sketch for the Hôtel de Ville of Paris: Apotheosis of Napoleon I, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Sketch for the Hôtel de Ville of Paris: Apotheosis of Napoleon I, c. 1853.

Esquisse pour l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Apothéose de… (museum title)

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (French), oil on canvas

Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, France

Scene from Apuleius' "The Golden Ass", Book 10. The Noble Lady Encourages the Donkey, Nicolai Abildgaard

Scene from Apuleius' "The Golden Ass", Book 10. The Noble Lady Encourages the Donkey, 1808–1809.

Scene af Apulejus' "Det gyldne æsel" 10.bog. Den fornemme… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Iachimo Emerging from the Chest in Imogen's Chamber, James Barry

Iachimo Emerging from the Chest in Imogen's Chamber, c. 1788–1792.

Iachimo Emerging from the Chest in Imogen's Chamber (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), oil on cardboard

National Gallery of Ireland