1798
oil
canvas
From the collection of Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon
Madame Georges Anthony and Her Two Sons is a 1798 oil by Pierre Paul Prud'hon, a Neoclassicism work, held at Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon.
This painting shows a woman in a white dress holding a child in her arms. The child is wearing a blue dress and a white head covering. To the right of the woman, a boy is standing and looking at the viewer. The woman and the children are all looking at the viewer. The woman's dress has a low neckline and long sleeves. The boy on the right is wearing a brown jacket. The background of the painting is dark, which makes the figures stand out. The painting is a portrait of Madame Georges Anthony and her two sons. It was created by Pierre Paul Prud'hon in 1796. You can learn more about Prud'hon's work by exploring his art.
Madame Georges Anthony and Her Two Sons is an oil on canvas group portrait by Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, from 1796. It is held in the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon, which acquired it in 1892. Two years earlier the artist had fled Paris to escape the Thermidorian Reaction, following Robespierre's fall. He took refuge in a family home at Rigny near Gray, occupied by the postmaster Georges Anthony, his wife Louise (née Demandre) and their children. As a thank-you for their hospitality, Prud'hon painted this work and a portrait of Georges beside a horse (now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon), both…
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Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (French pronunciation: , 4 April 1758 – 16 February 16, 1823) was a French Neo-classical painter and draughtsman best known in his own time for his allegorical paintings and portraits, now for his drawings.
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