Movement / style

Romanticism

1780 – 1850

Europe Americas

The art of feeling, imagination and the elements: Turner's stormy landscapes, Friedrich's solitary wanderers and the dramas of Delacroix and Goya.

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Selected works

Three Persons Viewing the Gladiator by Candlelight
Three Persons Viewing the Gladiator by Candlelight 1765
La maja desnuda
La maja desnuda 1800
Charles IV of Spain and His Family
Charles IV of Spain and His Family 1800
The Monk by the Sea
The Monk by the Sea c. 1800
The Fifth Plague of Egypt
The Fifth Plague of Egypt 1800
The Hülsenbeck children
The Hülsenbeck children 1805
Mountain Landscape with Rainbow
Mountain Landscape with Rainbow 1809
The Third of May 1808
The Third of May 1808 1814
Chalk Cliffs at Ruegen
Chalk Cliffs at Ruegen 1818
Saturn Devouring His Son
Saturn Devouring His Son 1819
Portrait de Mathilde Joséphine Hélène Perier adolescente
Portrait de Mathilde Joséphine Hélène Perier adolescente 1827
Liberty Leading the People
Liberty Leading the People 1830
David who calms the cravings of Saul troubled by the evil spirit with the sound of the harp (preparatory sketch)
David who calms the cravings of Saul troubled by the evil spirit with the sound of the harp (preparatory sketch) 1852
David appeasing with the sound of the harp the yearnings of Saul troubled by the evil spirit
David appeasing with the sound of the harp the yearnings of Saul troubled by the evil spirit 1852
King Candaules
King Candaules 1859
In the Summer
In the Summer 1868
Portretul marelui ban Năsturel Herescu
Portretul marelui ban Năsturel Herescu 1870
Marabá
Marabá 1882