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Louis Gauffier
(1762 - 1801)
La Générosité des dames romaines
Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais / Jean-Pierre Lagiewski
Poitiers, musée Sainte-Croix
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Keywords:
Romain (Rome antique) (représenté)
scène antique romaine
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About the artwork
Title:
La Générosité des dames romaines
Periods:
modern age
18th century
XVIIIth century
Techniques:
oil on canvas
Dimensions:
810 x 1120
Inventory number:
RF1943-68;D949-2-1
About the author(s)
Author:
Louis Gauffier
Born:
1762
Dead:
1801
Country:
France
See more about this author on Wikipedia:
Louis Gauffier
(1762–1801) was a French painter. Born in Poitiers, he studied in Paris with the history painter Hughes Taraval before entering the Prix de Rome competition which he won in 1779 (La Cananéenne aux pieds de Jésus-Christ). Apart from a brief return to Paris in 1789 he remained in Italy for the remainder of his life. Gauffier initially settled in Rome, but popular unrest following the execution of Louis XVI led him to flee with his wife to Florence. He could not receive patronage…
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