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Anatole DEVOSGE Dijon 1770-1850
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Anatole DEVOSGE Dijon 1770-1850 "Alcibiades taking his wife Hipparete before the archon" oil on canvas in his original frame, picture of the Salon of 1801.
Son of Claude-François III Devosge, he was the pupil of his father and then of David. His first works "Sappho inspired by love" 1795 and "innocence in danger" engraved by Copia in 1798 reveal the influence Of Prud'hon. Then he undergoes the ascendancy of David and conforms to the theories of his master. At the end of his life he seems to have been sensitive to romantic fashion.
He succeeded his father in 1811 as director of the School of Fine Arts of Dijon where he taught drawing, this museum exhibits some neo-classical sketches painted by him.
Our monumental work with the theatrical figures: Alcibiades and Hipparetus oil on canvas appeared in the salon of 1801 according to the preparatory drawing wash of bistre on cream white paper signed and dated A.DEVOSGE 1800 and preserved in the museum of Dijon
The theme:
David imposed upon his pupils the reading of Plutarch to inspire male virtues, and induce them to choose from the lives of illustrious men scenes worthy of great painting.
Here is the anecdote narrated by Plutarch:
Hipparteus, a woman of great virtue, who loved her husband, grieved over his wrongs against her, and his trade with foreign and Athenian courtesans. "She went out of her house and fled to her brother's house, The divorce was to be handed over to the archon, not by other hands, but by the woman in person: Hipparteus went to the magistrate to obey the law Alcibiades rushes in: he seizes her by the middle of her body, and takes her to his house through the public square, without anybody daring to hinder her or take her away from her, and she remained in her husband's house until her death "
Anatole Devosge transcribed this text with scrupulous fidelity, on this work to the left the archon sitting on a platform, expects to receive the act of divorce. In the center, Alcibiades seized his wife and is about to win. Around them, the crowd marks his surprise as a man with a long beard (Socrates also lover of the beautiful Alcibiades) encourages a young couple, in the background the Acropolis.
Anatole DEVOSGE Dijon 1770-1850 "Alcibiades taking his wife Hipparete before the archon" oil on canvas in his original frame, picture of the Salon of 1801.
Son of Claude-François III Devosge, he was the pupil of his father and then of David. His first works "Sappho inspired by love" 1795 and "innocence in danger" engraved by Copia in 1798 reveal the influence Of Prud'hon. Then he undergoes the ascendancy of David and conforms to the theories of his master. At the end of his life he seems to have been sensitive to romantic fashion.
He succeeded his father in 1811 as director of the School of Fine Arts of Dijon where he taught drawing, this museum exhibits some neo-classical sketches painted by him.
Our monumental work with the theatrical figures: Alcibiades and Hipparetus oil on canvas appeared in the salon of 1801 according to the preparatory drawing wash of bistre on cream white paper signed and dated A.DEVOSGE 1800 and preserved in the museum of Dijon
The theme:
David imposed upon his pupils the reading of Plutarch to inspire male virtues, and induce them to choose from the lives of illustrious men scenes worthy of great painting.
Here is the anecdote narrated by Plutarch:
Hipparteus, a woman of great virtue, who loved her husband, grieved over his wrongs against her, and his trade with foreign and Athenian courtesans. "She went out of her house and fled to her brother's house, The divorce was to be handed over to the archon, not by other hands, but by the woman in person: Hipparteus went to the magistrate to obey the law Alcibiades rushes in: he seizes her by the middle of her body, and takes her to his house through the public square, without anybody daring to hinder her or take her away from her, and she remained in her husband's house until her death "
Anatole Devosge transcribed this text with scrupulous fidelity, on this work to the left the archon sitting on a platform, expects to receive the act of divorce. In the center, Alcibiades seized his wife and is about to win. Around them, the crowd marks his surprise as a man with a long beard (Socrates also lover of the beautiful Alcibiades) encourages a young couple, in the background the Acropolis.
Dimensions :
Width : 101 inch, Height : 77 inch, height frame : 97 inch, Largeur cadre : 120 inch
Width : 101 inch, Height : 77 inch, height frame : 97 inch, Largeur cadre : 120 inch
