1807 in art
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Events in the year 1807 in art.
Events
- Napoleon Bonaparte purchases the Borghese art collection, including a 2nd century bust, the Antinous Mondragone, and brings it to Paris, where in 1808 it is placed at the Louvre.[1]
- William Thomas Beckford moves into Fonthill Abbey, built to house the art collection, even though construction has not finished.[2]
Works
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- William Blake â illustrations of Paradise Lost
- Louis-Léopold Boilly
- John Constable â Bow Fell, Cumberland
- Jacques-Louis David â The Coronation of Napoleon
- Arthur William Devis â The Death of Nelson, 21 October 1805
- Caspar David Friedrich
- Angelica Kauffman â Portrait of Ludwig, Crown Prince of Bavaria
- Thomas Lawrence â Portrait of William Pitt
- Thomas Phillips â Portrait of William Blake
- Nicholas Pocock â Nelson's Flagships at Anchor
- Daniel Turner â Nelson's Funeral Procession on the Thames, 9 January 1806
- J. M. W. Turner
- John Vanderlyn â Caius Marius Amid the Ruins of Carthage
- Hendrik Voogd â Italian Landscape with Umbrella Pines
- David Wilkie â Rent Day
Births
- February 4 â Max Emanuel Ainmiller, German glass painter (died 1870)
- September 10 â Friedrich Gauermann, Austrian painter (died 1862)
- September 22 â Ulisse Cambi, Italian sculptor (died 1895)
- October 5 â Constant Dutilleux, French illustrator and engraver (died 1865)
- date unknown â Jean Achard, French painter (died 1884)
Deaths
- February 9 â Joseph-Benoît Suvée, Flemish painter (born 1743)
- March 8 â Sawrey Gilpin, English painter of animals (born 1733)
- April 2 â Balthasar Anton Dunker, German landscape painter and etcher (born 1746)
- April 6 â John Opie, English historical and portrait painter (born 1761)
- April 28 â Jacob Philipp Hackert, German-born landscape painter (born 1737)
- July 28 â Jan Regulski, Polish glyptic artist and medalist (born 1760)
- September 18 â Franciszek Smuglewicz, Polish draughtsman and painter (born 1745)
- November 5 â Angelica Kauffman, Swiss-Austrian painter (born 1741)
- December 6 â Niclas Lafrensen, Swedish genre and miniature painter (born 1737)
- date unknown
- Eliphalet Chapin, American furniture designer (born 1741)
- Nathaniel Grogan, Irish painter from Cork (born 1740)