In response to Mademoiselle Lange rejecting one of his paintings, this artist spent a few days in order to paint her nude with gold coins falling onto her, calling her out as a whore.
In response to Mademoiselle Lange rejecting one of his paintings, this artist spent a few days in order to paint her nude with gold coins falling onto her, calling her out as a whore. In one of this artist's three failed attempts to win the Prix de Rome, he was disqualified due to keeping smuggled drawings on himself, but he eventually won with his painting Joseph Recognized by his Brothers. In Rome, this artist created a painting where Zephyr appears on the left to pull back foliage as moon beams shine onto the sleeping body of the effeminate central figure, whose pose resembles that of Drouais' Dying Athlete. Another painting by this artist depicts a rather well-endowed figure leaning on the bust of Guillaume Reynal. This artist of Citizen Belley, and (*) The Sleep of Endymion, frequently wrote to Julie Candeille, who liked him despite once walking in on him sodomizing one of the Mamelukes who modelled for his painting of The Revolt of Cairo. Perhaps the most famous painting by this artist has a verse from Job inscribed on a cave's wall, and depicts Father Aubry and Chactas performing the title action. For 10 points, name this pupil of David who painted The Burial of Atala.
In response to Mademoiselle Lange rejecting one of his paintings, this artist spent a few days in order to paint her nude with gold coins falling onto her, calling her out as a whore.
Anne-Louis Girodet