Hyacinthe Aubry-Lecomte & Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Triosson
Erigone
About this artwork
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artists:Hyacinthe Aubry-Lecomte (1787 - 1858) French, Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Triosson (1767 - 1824) French
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title:Erigone
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date created:1822
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materials:Lithograph on paper
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measurements:(framed: 60.50 x 54.00 cm)
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object type:
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credit line:Professor Stephen Bann Gift 2012
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accession number:P 3170.7
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Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Triosson
Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Triosson
Girodet had a difficult and at times unpleasant personality, although he was one of the most talented and individual of all Jacques-Louis David’s major pupils. He entered David’s studio in 1784, winning the Prix de Rome in 1789. He left for Rome in 1790, where he began to move away from the strict...