Art of the Enlightenment and Neoclassical

Art

William V. Ganis, PhD

William Hunter

Child in Wombfrom Anatomy of the Human Gravid Uterus

1774

Joseph Wright of Derby

A Philosopher Giving a Lecture at the Orrery

ca. 1763-1765oil on canvas4 ft. 10 in. x 6 ft. 8 in.

Joseph Wright of Derby

Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump

1768oil on canvas6 x 8 ft.

Abraham Darby III and Thomas E. Pritchard

Iron Bridge at Coalbrookdale

Coalbrookdale, England

1776-1779

Jean-Baptiste Greuze

The Village Bride

1761oil on canvas3 ft. x 3 ft. 10 1/2 in.

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

Grace at Table

1740oil on canvas1 ft. 7 in. x 1 ft. 3 in.

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

The Soap Bubble

ca. 1739oil on canvas61 x 63 cm

Élisabeth Louise Vigée-Lebrun

Self-Portrait

1790oil on canvas8 ft. 4 in. x 6 ft. 9 in.

Adélaide Labille-Guiard

Self-Portrait with Two Pupils

1785oil on canvas6 ft. 11 in. x 4 ft. 11 1/2 in.

William Hogarth

Breakfast Scene from Marriage à la Mode

ca. 1745oil on canvas2 ft. 4 in. x 3 ft.

Thomas Gainsborough

Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan

1787oil on canvas7 ft. 2 5/8 in. x 5 ft. 5/8 in.

Sir Joshua Reynolds

Lady Sarah Bunbury Sacrificing to the Graces

1765oil on canvas7 ft. 10 in. x 5 ft.

Sir Joshua Reynolds

Lord Heathfield

1787oil on canvas4 ft. 8 in. x 3 ft. 9 in.

Charles Wilson Peale

George Washington

ca. 1779-81oil on canvas95 x 61 3/4 in.

Benjamin West

The Death of General Wolfe

1771oil on canvasapproximately 5 x 7 ft.

John Singleton Copley

Portrait of Paul Revere

ca. 1768-1770oil on canvas2 ft. 11 1/8 in. x 2 ft. 4 in.

Canaletto

dome of the Chapel of Saint Ivo College of the Sapienza

Rome, Italy

begun 1642

Angelica Kauffmann

Mother of the Gracchi

ca. 1785oil on canvas3 ft. 4 in. x 4 ft. 2 in.

Jean-Antoine Houdon

Voltaire

1781marbleapproximately life-size

Jean-Antoine Houdon

Voltaire

1778marble18 7/8 in. high

Jean-Antoine Houdon

George Washington

1788-92marble6 ft. 2 in. high

Jacques-Louis David

Oath of the Horatii

1784oil on canvasapproximately 11 x 14 ft.

Jacques-Louis David

Death of Socrates

1787oil on canvas51 x 77 1/4 in.

Jacques-Louis David

The Death of Marat

1793oil on canvasapproximately 5 ft. 3 in. x 4 ft. 1 in.

Jacques-Louis David

The Coronation of Napoleon

1805-1808oil on canvas20 ft. 4 1/2 in. x 32 ft. 1 3/4 in.

Jacques-Louis David

Monsieur Lavoisier and His Wife

1788oil on canvas8 ft. 8 1/4 in. x 7 ft. 4 1/8 in.

Étienne-Louis Boulée

Cenotaph for Isaac Newton (never built)

1784ink and wash drawingseach 15 1/2 x 25 1/2 in.

Jacques-Germain Soufflot

The Panthéon (Sainte-Geneviève)

Paris, France

1755-1792

Pierre Vignon

La Madeleine

Paris, France

1807-1842

Pierre Vignon

La Madeleine

Paris, France

1807-1842

Antonio Canova

Paulene Borghese as Venus

1808marblelife-size

Antonio Canova

Paulene Borghese as Venus

1808marblelife-size

Antonio Canova

Paulene Borghese as Venus

1808marblelife-size

Antonio Canova

Perseus with the Head of Medusa

ca. 1800marblelife-size

Antonio Canova

Cupid and Psyche

1787-93marble5 ft. 1 in. x 5 ft. 8 1/4 in.

Karl Gotthard Langhans

Brandenburg Gate

Berlin, Germany

1788-91

Richard Boyle and William Kent

Chiswick House

near London, England

begun 1725

Richard Boyle and William Kent

Chiswick House

near London, England

begun 1725

John Wood the Younger

The Royal Crescent

Bath, England

1769-1775

James Stuart

Doric Portico

Hagley Park, Worcestershire, England

1758

Wedgwood and Co.

Vase with Bridal Preparation Scene

black basalt stoneware1769-177518 in. high

Robert Adam

Etruscan RoomOsterley Park House

Middlesex, England

begun 1761

Thomas Jefferson

Monticello

Charlottesville, Virginia

1770-1806

Horatio Greenough

George Washington

1832-1841marbleapproximately 11 ft. 4 in. high

Benjamin Latrobe

Capitol Building

Washington, DC

1803-1807

Major L’Enfant

Plan of Washington

Washington, DC

1791

Benjamin Latrobe

Tobacco Capital

Washington, DC

1809

Benjamin Latrobe

Corncob Capital

Washington, DC

1809

Edmonia Lewis

Forever Free

1867marble3 ft. 5 1/4 in. x 11 in. x 7 in.

Hiram Powers

The Greek Slave

1843marble5 ft. 5 1/2 in. high

Hiram Powers

The Greek Slave

1843marble5 ft. 5 1/2 in. high

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Apotheosis of Homer

1827oil on canvas12 ft. 8 in. x 16 ft. 10 3/4 in.

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Paganini

1819pencil drawing1 ft. x 8 1/2 in.

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Grande Odalisque

1814oil on canvas2 ft. 11 in. x 5 ft. 4 in.

Anne-Louis Trioson

The Burial of Atala

1808oil on canvas6 ft. 11 in. x 8 ft. 9 in.

Antoine-Jean Gros

Napoleon at the Pesthouse at Jaffa

1804oil on canvas17 ft. 5 in. x 23 ft. 7 in.