Saturday, July 9, 2022

Andrea Appiani (1754-1817) - Neoclassical Portraits

Andrea Appiani
Portrait of Madame Petiet and her Daughters
1800
oil on canvas
Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Milan

Andrea Appiani
Portrait of Claude-Louis Petiet and his Sons
1800
oil on canvas
Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Milan

Andrea Appiani
Portrait of Augusta Amalia of Bavaria
(wife of Eugène de Beauharnais)
1806-1807
oil on canvas
Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Milan

Andrea Appiani
Portrait of Augusta Amalia of Bavaria
with her Children

1809
oil on canvas
private collection

Andrea Appiani
Portrait Study of Eugène de Beauharnais
(stepson of Napoleon)
1800
drawing, with watercolor
Museo Correr, Venice

Andrea Appiani
Portrait of Eugène de Beauharnais
(stepson of Napoleon)
1800
oil on canvas
Château de Malmaison

Andrea Appiani
Portrait of Fortunée Hamelin
1798
oil on canvas
Musée Carnavalet, Paris

Andrea Appiani
Portrait of Contessa Anna Maria Porro Lambertenghi
ca. 1811-13
oil on canvas
Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Milan

Andrea Appiani
Portrait Study of General Desaix
ca. 1801
drawing
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Andrea Appiani
Portrait of General Desaix
1801
oil on canvas
Château de Versailles

Andrea Appiani
Portrait of Margherita Bovet
ca. 1800
oil on canvas
Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Milan

Andrea Appiani
Portrait of Maria Morigia Reina
ca. 1795-1800
oil on canvas
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff

Andrea Appiani
Portrait of a Musician
ca. 1800
oil on panel
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio

Andrea Appiani
Portrait of sculptor Antonio Canova
ca. 1803-11
oil on canvas
Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Milan

Andrea Appiani
Portrait of two of the Artist's Children
ca. 1808
oil on canvas
Neue Pinakothek, Munich

"Andrea Appiani was celebrated for his portraits of Napoleon and his milieu, and can be considered the Italian equivalent of Jacques-Louis David and François Gérard.  . . .  On 26 April 1813 Appiani suffered a stroke that left him partially disabled and unable to paint for the few remaining years of his life."

– from a biographical sketch published by Sotheby's, London