Movement / style

Academic art

1765 – 1900

Europe Americas

The official art of the academies and salons of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries: flawless technique, historical and mythological subjects, smooth, highly finished canvases.

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Selected works

Broken Eggs
Broken Eggs 1756
The Death of Socrates
The Death of Socrates 1787
Portrait of Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier and his wife
Portrait of Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier and his wife 1788
Dante and Virgil in Hell
Dante and Virgil in Hell 1850
Madame Auguste Cuoq (Mathilde Desportes, 1827–1910)
Madame Auguste Cuoq (Mathilde Desportes, 1827–1910) 1852
The Horse Fair
The Horse Fair c. 1853
The Spanish Singer
The Spanish Singer 1860
Phryne before the Areopagus
Phryne before the Areopagus 1861
The Source
The Source 1862
The Birth of Venus
The Birth of Venus 1863
The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak
The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak 1863
Oedipus and the Sphinx
Oedipus and the Sphinx 1864
Woman with a Parrot
Woman with a Parrot 1866
The Slave Market
The Slave Market 1866
The Woman in the Waves
The Woman in the Waves 1868
Prayer in the Mosque
Prayer in the Mosque 1871
Pollice Verso
Pollice Verso 1872
Nymphs and Satyr
Nymphs and Satyr 1873
The Birth of Venus
The Birth of Venus 1879
Dawn
Dawn 1881
Madame X (Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau)
Madame X (Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau) 1884
The First Mourning
The First Mourning 1888
The Shepherdess
The Shepherdess 1889
Truth Coming Out of Her Well
Truth Coming Out of Her Well 1896