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LENEPVEU Jules-Eugène (1819-1898), attributed to "Les martyres aux catacombes". Probably a preparatory sketch for the work in the Musée d'Orsay. Indeed, we note some variations characteristic of the various preparatory works the artist might have carried out. Oil on panel, 30 x 61 cm. Inscriptions on the back. Slightly missing. Les Martyrs aux catacombes (Martyrs in the Catacombs), painted in 1855, was awarded the 2nd medal at the Exposition Universelle in 1855. Acquired by the French State in 1856, it is now on display at the Musée d'Orsay. It measures 170 x 336 cm. The Musée de Laval owns a painted sketch of this painting. Jules-Eugène Lenepveu (Angers, 1819 - Paris, 1898) led a brilliant career marked by official honors and awards. He was the author of numerous history paintings, religious compositions, genre scenes and portraits. Trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in Angers and Paris, he was awarded the first Grand Prix de Rome in 1847. In 1870, the French government commissioned him to decorate the ceiling of the Opéra Garnier. His mythological depiction of the arts, illustrating the Muses and the Hours of Day and Night, was covered in 1964 by a composition by Chagall. From 1873 to 1878, he was in charge of the Villa Médicis, the Académie de France in Rome. Back in France, he helped decorate a staircase in the Louvre palace and painted a cycle on the life of Joan of Arc for the Pantheon.
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LENEPVEU Jules-Eugène (1819-1898), attributed to "Les martyres aux catacombes". Probably a preparatory sketch for the work in the Musée d'Orsay. Indeed, we note some variations characteristic of the various preparatory works the artist might have carried out. Oil on panel, 30 x 61 cm. Inscriptions on the back. Slightly missing. Les Martyrs aux catacombes (Martyrs in the Catacombs), painted in 1855, was awarded the 2nd medal at the Exposition Universelle in 1855. Acquired by the French State in 1856, it is now on display at the Musée d'Orsay. It measures 170 x 336 cm. The Musée de Laval owns a painted sketch of this painting. Jules-Eugène Lenepveu (Angers, 1819 - Paris, 1898) led a brilliant career marked by official honors and awards. He was the author of numerous history paintings, religious compositions, genre scenes and portraits. Trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in Angers and Paris, he was awarded the first Grand Prix de Rome in 1847. In 1870, the French government commissioned him to decorate the ceiling of the Opéra Garnier. His mythological depiction of the arts, illustrating the Muses and the Hours of Day and Night, was covered in 1964 by a composition by Chagall. From 1873 to 1878, he was in charge of the Villa Médicis, the Académie de France in Rome. Back in France, he helped decorate a staircase in the Louvre palace and painted a cycle on the life of Joan of Arc for the Pantheon.
