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Achille Etna Michallon
(22nd Oct, 1796 - 24th Sep, 1822)
Paysage : Thésée poursuivant les centaures
1821
Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais / Hervé Lewandowski
musée du Louvre
http://www.louvre.fr
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Keywords:
centaur (mythology)
boulder
Theseus
pursuit
violence
cascade (waterfall)
mythological scene
landscape
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About the artwork
Title:
Paysage : Thésée poursuivant les centaures
Periods:
19th century
contemporary period from 1789 until 1914
XIXth century
Techniques:
oil on canvas
Dimensions:
2180 x 2730
Inventory number:
INV6631
Detail:
début 19e siècle
Location:
musée du Louvre
About the author(s)
Author:
Achille Etna Michallon
Also known as:
Achille-Etna Michallon
Achille Etna Michalon
Achille Michallon
Born:
22nd Oct, 1796
Dead:
24th Sep, 1822
Country:
France
See more about this author on Wikipedia:
Achille Etna Michallon
(1796–1822) was a French painter. Michallon was the son of the sculptor Claude Michallon. He studied under Jacques-Louis David and Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes. In 1817, Michallon won the inaugural Prix de Rome for landscape painting. He travelled to Italy in 1818 and remained there for over two years. This trip had a profound influence on his work. Before he had much time to develop what he had learned however, he died at the age of 25 of pneumonia, a tragedy which cut…
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