... Metropolitan Museum encompasses works dating from the 13th to the early 19th century – from Duccio and Giotto to Goya and Jacques-Louis David. Its 1700 works of art include masterpieces by some of the most famous painters of the western tradition ...

2009-09-08

This first retrospective devoted to A. L. Girodet-Trioson (1767–1824) highlights 100 works by one of David’s most talented pupils and a forerunner of Romanticism.

Special Exhibition Galleries, 2nd floor

... Trioson (1767–1824), a favored but rebellious pupil of Jacques-Louis David. Girodet’s idiosyncratic style fuses David’s Neoclassical ideal with his ...

The art of Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825) embodies the style known as Neoclassicism, which flourished in France during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. This talk examines works by David's leading students—Girodet, Gérard, and Ingres—in relation to their master's Neoclassical ideal.

Free with Museum admission

11:00 a.m., Tours Sign, Great Hall

(FM assistive listening devices available)
The art of Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825) embodies the style known as Neoclassicism, which flourished in France during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. This talk examines works by David's leading students—Girodet, Gérard, and Ingres—in relation to their master's Neoclassical ideal.

Free with Museum admission

11:00 a.m., Tours Sign, Great Hall