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May 9 2011
Justice and Vengence Pursuing Crime
French / Paintings (Reproductions) / Romanticism - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “Justice and Divine Vengence Pursuing Crime” by Pierre-Paul Prud’hon of 1808. This French Romanticist was best known for his allegories of which this is his finest masterpiece. He went to Italy in 1784 and furthered his studies so that when he returned to Paris three years later he became a favorite at the court of Napoleon. He received the Legion of Honor for “Justice and Vengence” in 1808 and was a strong influence on the later work of Gericault. He survived the Napoleonic regime but was unhinged by the suicide of his mistress in 1821. He died two years later.
Reproduction for sale on Zazzle
Nov 23 2010
Rape of Ivan Mazeppa by Theodore Gericault, 1820
French / Paintings (Reproductions) / Russian - 1 year ago - troycapc
A reproduction of “Rape of Ivan Mazeppa” of about 1820 by Theodore Gericault. This French master executed this work while in London when he was twenty-nine years old. This was during a period in which Gericault was refining his efforts to depict the human body. He returned to France where he inspired many young painters, among them Delacroix. He died in Paris in 1824. Ivan Mazeppa was a hero of the Ukraine being hetman of the Left Bank Don Cossacks who was caught up in the power struggles between the Russians, Swedes and Poles in the eighteenth century. This scene depicts an episode in his life immortalized in Lord Byron’s poem of 1818.
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