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Merry Joseph Blondel
(25th Jul, 1781 - 12th Jun, 1853)
Vue intérieure : plafond de la rotonde d'Apollon
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Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais / Daniel Arnaudet
musée du Louvre
http://www.louvre.fr
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Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais / Daniel Arnaudet
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Keywords:
ceiling
Apollo's chariot
horse
quadriga
fall (to drop)
in the air
winged figure
Icarus (mythology)
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About the artwork
Title:
Vue intérieure : plafond de la rotonde d'Apollon
Periods:
contemporary period from 1789 until 1914
19th century
XIXth century
Dimensions:
7200 x 5600
Inventory number:
INV2624
Detail:
Partie central du plafond. Commandé en 1818
Location:
musée du Louvre
About the author(s)
Author:
Merry Joseph Blondel
Born:
25th Jul, 1781
Dead:
12th Jun, 1853
Country:
France
See more about this author on Wikipedia:
Merry-Joseph Blondel
(25 July 1781 – 12 June 1853) was a French history painter of the Neoclassical school. He was a winner of the prestigious Prix de Rome in 1803. After the salon of 1824, he was bestowed with the rank of
Knight
in the order of the
Legion d'Honneur
by Charles X of France and offered a professorship at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts: a position in which he remained until his death in 1853. In 1832, he was elected to a seat at the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris, …
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