Painting ID:: 62388
The Wanderer above the Mists 1817-18 Oil on canvas, 94,8 x 74,8 cm Kunsthalle, Hamburg In this painting Friedrich shows a lonely figure confronting nature in astonished reverence. Friedrich's figures who habitually turn their backs to gaze into the horizon or stare from windows with rapt attention are images of the artist. His Wanderer, frock-coated and stick in hand, has climbed to a rocky peak above swirling mountain mists; the viewer looks with his eyes, the angle of vision being exactly aligned to their level in the picture space. The foreground, the conventional plateau to give the viewer a fix on the subject, has been entirely dispensed with. Listen to Franz Schubert's Wanderer Fantasy, a piano piece composed in the same Romantic spirit as manifested by Friedrich's painting new21/Caspar David Friedrich-966326.jpg
Painting ID:: 62390
David 110 x 91 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This painting addresses the subject of David and Goliath, which the artist repeatedly dealt with later in his career, with a perfect linearity of means and intelligence of iconographic invention. As in the early Renaissance, David is shown as the adolescent who triumphs not by his strength, but by his power of character and his faith. The oblique pose of the figure (David stands partly parallel to the picture plane) is constructed with admirable skill. Caravaggio has a particular importance for Spain, for he originated the realist and 'tenebrist' style of painting that enjoyed such development and popularity there in the work of such artists as Ribera and Zurbar?n. This mature work demonstrates the fundamentals of his art: an emphatic solidity created by a harsh contrast of light and shade; the immediacy created by staging the action right in the foreground, and eliminating all superfluous space around it (conventionally, David would have been given room to stand up, so to speak); the elimination of decoration, such as colour or elegant posture, in order to concentrate on the drama alone new21/Caravaggio-582367.jpg
Painting ID:: 62452
Queen Victoria 1840 Oil on canvas Private collection Author: WILKIE, Sir David Title: Queen Victoria (detail) Form: painting , 1801-1850 , Scottish , portrait new21/Sir David Wilkie-853488.jpg
Painting ID:: 62506
Self-Portrait 420 x 276 mm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen Author: FRIEDRICH, Caspar David Title: Self-Portrait Form: graphics , 1801-1850 , German , portrait new21/Caspar David Friedrich-582285.jpg
Painting ID:: 62508
Adolf Gottlieb Friedrich Reading 1802 Black chalk, 346 x 320 mm Kunsthalle, Mannheim This drawing represents the father of the artist. Author: FRIEDRICH, Caspar David Title: Adolf Gottlieb Friedrich, Reading Form: graphics , 1801-1850 , German , portrait new21/Caspar David Friedrich-927254.jpg
Painting ID:: 62509
Cross in the Mountains 1805-06 Pencil and sepia, 640 x 931 mm Staatliche Museen, Berlin Author: FRIEDRICH, Caspar David Title: Cross in the Mountains Form: graphics , 1801-1850 , German , landscape new21/Caspar David Friedrich-764878.jpg
Painting ID:: 62510
Sorrow 535 x 410 mm ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris Although defeated in the Prix de Rome in 1773, David had the satisfaction of winning the prize for the best drawing of an expressive head, with his image of Sorrow. Author: DAVID, Jacques-Louis Title: Sorrow Form: graphics , 1801-1850 , French , portrait new21/Jacques-Louis David-238295.jpg
Painting ID:: 62511
View of the Tiber and Castel St Angelo 1776-77 Grey wash over black chalk, 166 x 220 mm Mus?e du Louvre, Paris David's first studies in Rome were drawings of Roman antiquities and landmarks. He filled two albums with these drawings. Author: DAVID, Jacques-Louis Title: View of the Tiber and Castel St Angelo Form: graphics , 1801-1850 , French , landscape new21/Jan Davidz de Heem-995997.jpg
Painting ID:: 62513
The Grief of Andromache 1782 Black chalk, pen and ink with gray wash, 290 x 246 mm Mus?e du Petit Palais, Paris This is a preparatory drawing for his painting, in which David borrowed elements from the works of Nicolas Poussin and the reliefs of antique sarcophagi. Author: DAVID, Jacques-Louis Title: The Grief of Andromache Form: graphics , 1801-1850 , French , study new21/Jacques-Louis David-622395.jpg
Painting ID:: 62515
The Three Horatii Brothers 1785 Black chalk, wash and white highlights, 580 x 450 mm Mus?e Bonnat, Bayonne David worked in a very methodical manner on The Oath of the Horatii, drawing from life models and draped mannequins, and some very detailed studies survive for many of the main figures. Author: DAVID, Jacques-Louis Title: The Three Horatii Brothers Form: graphics , 1801-1850 , French , study new21/David, Jacques-Louis-279476.jpg
Painting ID:: 62517
Deputies swearing oaths 1791 Pen, ink and wash with black chalk, 490 x 600 mm Mus?e National du Ch?teau, Versailles Such an ambitious project as The Oath of the Tennis Court required an enormous amount of preliminary work and David filled two sketchbooks and many individual sheets with details and figure studies. He went to Versailles and drew the empty tennis court, and experimented with the poses of the deputies. As he had not witnessed the oath, he wrote little notes on his sketches to remind himself of how characters should appear, and which small but telling details to include: 'do not forget to show the deputies moved to tears and holding their hands to their eyes', 'remember to show the dust that was raised by the movement of the action' and 'remember the bell' (used not very successfully by Bailly to call the noisy and animated deputies to order). David saw the oath as a modern and greatly expanded version of the Horatii and the deputies became the equivalents of the heroes of antiquity. Author: DAVID, Jacques-Louis Title: Deputies swearing oaths Form: graphics , 1801-1850 , French , study new21/David, Jacques-Louis-298447.jpg
Painting ID:: 62518
Louis XVI Showing the Constitution to his Son the Dauphin 1792 Graphite, 180 x 110 mm Mus?e du Louvre, Paris This drawing is from Album 7, folio 38 verso. In the spring of 1792 David received a most unexpected commission. This was to paint the king in the act of showing the constitution to his heir, the Dauphin. David was certainly no royalist and the fact that he actually started work on the picture meant that he thought that it could be a positive contribution to the course of the moderate Revolution. As well as studies for Louis XVI Showing the Constitution to his Son, the Dauphin, David also made drawings for an Allegory of the French People Offering the Crown and Sceptre to the King. These paintings were never realized. Author: DAVID, Jacques-Louis Title: Louis XVI Showing the Constitution to his Son, the Dauphin Form: graphics , 1801-1850 , French , study new21/David, Jacques-Louis-477927.jpg
Painting ID:: 62519
Allegory of the French People Offering the Crown and Sceptre to the King 180 x 110 mm Mus?e du Louvre, Paris This drawing is from Album 7, folio 41 recto. In the spring of 1792 David received a most unexpected commission. This was to paint the king in the act of showing the constitution to his heir, the Dauphin. David was certainly no royalist and the fact that he actually started work on the picture meant that he thought that it could be a positive contribution to the course of the moderate Revolution. As well as studies for Louis XVI Showing the Constitution to his Son, the Dauphin, David also made drawings for an Allegory of the French People Offering the Crown and Sceptre to the King. These paintings were never realized. Author: DAVID, Jacques-Louis Title: Allegory of the French People Offering the Crown and Sceptre to the King Form: graphics , 1801-1850 , French , study new21/David, Jacques-Louis-383983.jpg
Painting ID:: 62520
Head of the Dead Marat black and brown ink, 270 x 210 mm Mus?e National du Ch?teau, Versailles David probably drew Marat while the body was on display and this drawing, with its network of crosshatching in the manner of an engraving, isolates the head and produces a macabre yet powerful portrait of the deceased. As with the final painting (The Death of Marat) there is no suggestion of the violent act that had taken place, and in the four corners David wrote A MARAT /L'AMI/DU PEUPLE/DAVID (To Marat, The Friend of the People, David). Author: DAVID, Jacques-Louis Title: Head of the Dead Marat Form: graphics , 1801-1850 , French , study new21/David, Jacques-Louis-375295.jpg
Painting ID:: 62522
The English Government 1794 Hand coloured etching, 248 x 392 mm Biliotheque Nationale, Paris Painting occupied only a fraction of David's time during the Revolution. He also made designs for civic uniforms, for money and official seals and even produced two crudely drawn and vulgar caricatures that mocked the English. Since the Revolution his views on the English had clearly changed and he no longer felt them to be the epitome of a free nation. According to the print's caption the English government 'is personified by the figure of a Devil skinned alive, monopolizing commerce and covered with all the Royal decorations. The portrait of the king is located at the rear end of the government which vomits on its people a myriad of taxes which overwhelm them.' Author: DAVID, Jacques-Louis Title: The English Government Form: graphics , 1801-1850 , French , other new21/David, Jacques-Louis-968663.jpg
Painting ID:: 62523
Woman in a Turban 1794 Pen and brown ink, 370 x 260 mm Private collection David worked with great energy while in prison. He made the drawing of a Woman in a Turban in the style of an engraving. He very pointedly inscribed 'J L David did this in chains' (i.e. in prison). Author: DAVID, Jacques-Louis Title: Woman in a Turban Form: graphics , 1801-1850 , French , portrait new21/David, Jacques-Louis-268668.jpg
Painting ID:: 62524
Homer Reciting his Verses to the Greeks 1794 Black and red chalk, pen, ink and wash, 272 x 345 mm Mus?e du Louvre, Paris David also began work in prison on a history painting on the theme of Homer Reciting his Verses to the Greeks; he closely identified with the blind poet of antiquity because of a shared sense of solitude and victimization. Author: DAVID, Jacques-Louis Title: Homer Reciting his Verses to the Greeks Form: graphics , 1801-1850 , French , mythological new21/David, Jacques-Louis-368389.jpg