Olga's Gallery
Pierre-Paul Prud'hon
(1758-1823)
Biography
Pierre Prudon was born in Cluny, Burgundy, the tenth son of a stonecutter. Later he changed his name into the more aristocratic sounding Pierre-Paul Prud'hon. He began studying painting at the Dijon Academy under François Devosge at the age of sixteen, and continued his studies at the Paris Academy in 1780. In 1784 he won the Prix de Rome, which gave him a pension to continue his education in Italy, where he stayed from 1785 to 1788. Read Pierre-Paul Prud'hon's Full Biography
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Justice and Devine Vengeance Pursuing Crime. 1804-1808. Oil on canvas. 243 x 292 cm. Louvre, Paris, France. 
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Children with Rabbit. c.1804-1814. Oil on wood. 24 x 21 cm. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.
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Innocence Choosing Love over Wealth. 1804. Oil on canvas. 243 x 194 cm. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.
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Portrait of Empress Joséphine. 1805. Oil on canvas. 244 x 179 cm. Louvre, Paris, France. Read Note.
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Portrait of Count A. I. Osterman-Tolstoy. c.1807-1812. Oil on canvas. 67 x 56. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia. Read Note.
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Head of the Virgin for Annunciation. 1811. Oil on canvas. 55 x 44 cm. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia. Read Note.
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The King of Rome. 1811. Oil on canvas. cm 60 x 47,5 cm. Museo Napoleonico, Rome, Italy. Read Note.
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Portrait of Baron Vivant Denon (1747-1825). . Oil on canvas. 61 x 51 cm. Louvre, Paris, France. Read Note.
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