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.
1804-1808. Oil on canvas. 243 x 292 cm. Louvre, Paris, France.
c.1804-1814. Oil on wood. 24 x 21 cm. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.
1804. Oil on canvas. 243 x 194 cm. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.
1805. Oil on canvas. 244 x 179 cm. Louvre, Paris, France. Read Note.
c.1807-1812. Oil on canvas. 67 x 56. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia. Read Note.
1811. Oil on canvas. 55 x 44 cm. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia. Read Note.
1811. Oil on canvas. cm 60 x 47,5 cm. Museo Napoleonico, Rome, Italy. Read Note.
Oil on canvas. 61 x 51 cm. Louvre, Paris, France. Read Note.
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Prud'hon by Sylvain Laveissiere. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1998.
Drawing an Elusive Line: The Art of Pierre-Paul Prud'hon. by Elizabeth E. Guffey. Univ of Delaware Pr, 2001.
The Language of the Body: Drawings by Pierre-Paul Prud'hon. by Robert Gordon (Editor), John Elderfield. Harry N Abrams, 1996.
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