Girodet: Romantic Rebel - The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Oath of the Horatii

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The Oath of the Horatii, 1786
Jacques-Louis David (French, 1748–1825)
Oil on canvas; 51 1/4 x 65 7/16 in. (130.2 x 166.2 cm)
Toledo Museum of Art

The Sleep of Endymion

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The Sleep of Endymion, 1791
Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson (French, 1767–1824)
Oil on canvas; 77 15/16 x 102 3/4 in. (198 x 261 cm)
Musée du Louvre, Paris

Burial of Atala

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Burial of Atala (répétition of 1808 original), 1813
Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson (French, 1767–1824)
Oil on canvas; 81 5/16 x 104 1/2 in. (206.5 x 265.4 cm)
Musée Girodet, Montargis

Ossian Receiving the Spirits of the French Heroes

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Ossian Receiving the Spirits of the French Heroes, 1801
Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson (French, 1767–1824)
Oil on canvas; 75 13/16 x 72 7/16 in. (192.6 x 181.1 cm)
Musée national des châteaux de Malmaison et de Bois-Préau, Rueil-Malmaison

Jean-Baptiste Belley

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Jean-Baptiste Belley, 1797
Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson (French, 1767–1824)
Oil on canvas; 62 5/8 x 43 11/16 in. (159.1 x 111 cm)
Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, Versailles

François-René de Chateaubriand

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François-René de Chateaubriand, 1808
Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson (French, 1767–1824)
Oil on canvas; 47 1/4 x 37 13/16 in. (120 x 96 cm)
Musée d'Histoire et d'Ethnographie, Saint-Malo

Scene from a Deluge

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Scene from a Deluge (répétition of 1806 original)
Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson (French, 1767–1824)
Oil on canvas; 57 7/8 x 45 1/4 in. (147 x 114.9 cm)
Musée Girodet, Montargis

Drapery Study for a Deluge

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Drapery Study for a Deluge
Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson (French, 1767–1824)
Crayon, white chalk on paper; 18 13/16 x 22 1/16 in. (47.8 x 56 cm)
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nantes