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Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes

1750–1819 · French

Born
1750 · Toulouse
Died
1819 · former 11th arrondissement of Paris

14 works in the Collect24 Registry

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Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes was a French painter and a neoclassicist artist. He was influential in elevating the status of En plein air.

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Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes (6 December 1750 – 16 February 1819) was a French painter. A neoclassicist artist, he was influential in elevating the status of En plein air (open-air painting).

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Selected registered works by Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes

Selected from 14 works by Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes in the Collect24 Registry.

Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes, Mount Athos Carved as a Monument to Alexander the Great

Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes

Mount Athos Carved as a Monument to Alexander the Great, 1799–1800

Black and white chalk, on beige paper

27 × 48 cm

J. Paul Getty Museum

C24-199714

Pierre Henri de Valenciennes, Classical Landscape

Pierre Henri de Valenciennes

Classical Landscape, 1779

black gouache and brush and gray wash, over black chalk and graphite, heightened with white gouache

41.3 × 48.3 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-193449

Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes, Classical Landscape with Figures and Sculpture

Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes

Classical Landscape with Figures and Sculpture, 1788

Oil on panel

28.8 × 41 cm

J. Paul Getty Museum

C24-135331

Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes, Cicero discovering the tomb of Archimedes

Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes

Cicero discovering the tomb of Archimedes, 1787

oil paint

119 × 162 cm

Department of Paintings of the Louvre

C24-270959

Pierre Henri de Valenciennes, Study of a Tree in the Luxembourg Gardens

Pierre Henri de Valenciennes

Study of a Tree in the Luxembourg Gardens, 1773

Red chalk

23 × 16.3 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-486048

Pierre Henri de Valenciennes, Classical Landscape with Women at a Fountain

Pierre Henri de Valenciennes

Classical Landscape with Women at a Fountain, n.d.

Conté crayon, black chalk, stumping, heightened with white chalk on beige paper

29 × 37 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-470076

Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes, Paysage historique avec Démetrius et Mithridate

Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes

Paysage historique avec Démetrius et Mithridate, 1819

oil paint

100 × 163 cm

Department of Paintings of the Louvre

C24-273005

Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes, View of the Roman Campaign near Subiaco

Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes

View of the Roman Campaign near Subiaco, 1782

34 × 49.1 cm

Nationalmuseum

C24-187840

Pierre Henri de Valenciennes, The Banks of the Rance, Brittany

Pierre Henri de Valenciennes

The Banks of the Rance, Brittany, possibly 1785

Oil on paper, laid down on canvas

21.3 × 49.2 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-106793

Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes, Study of Clouds over the Roman Campagna

Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes

Study of Clouds over the Roman Campagna, c. 1782/1785

oil on paper on cardboard

19 × 32.1 cm

National Gallery of Art

C24-102371

Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes, Landscape of Ancient Greece

Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes

Landscape of Ancient Greece, 1786

oil paint

Detroit Institute of Arts

C24-462199

Pierre Henri de Valenciennes, View of Rome

Pierre Henri de Valenciennes

View of Rome, c. 1782–1784

oil on paper, mounted on board

19.5 × 39 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-110816

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