#Merry-Joseph Blondel

[portrait-paintings]

Portrait of Félicité-Louise de Durfort, Maréchale de Beurnonville

Artist: Merry Joseph Blondel (French, 1781-1853)

Date: 1808

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Collection: Private Collection

Description

Félicité-Louise de Durfort (1782-1870) was the youngest daughter of Count de Durfort, the pre-Revolutionary French Ambassador of France to the Republic of Venice (where died in exile in 1801). She is depicted standing in a simple high-waisted white dress, the splendid cashmere shawl draped over her right arm falling to the ground where the sun streams across it. Her hair is done in the latest fashion, while she is partially shaded by the splendid orange tree against whose large, painted wooden pot she is leaning. To the left we see some steps leading down to a winding path with a distant view of the Château of Balincourt.

[illustratus]

Raymond IV of Toulouse by Merry-Joseph Blondel

[halfabird]

Merry-Joseph Blondel, La mort de Hyacinthe, 1810

[christliche-kunstwerke]

Moses von Merry Joseph Blondel (1828, Öl auf Leinwand)

[mythologyofthepoetandthemuse]

The message of peace being more imperative than ever. Are external disputes caused solely by external matters, or are they a product of internal battles that humanity often denies, neglects to see so to make an effort to heal? For the wise ones, the answer is obvious. How can we talk of progress if that progress is only technological while our ethics suffer? Has human consciousness evolved the way it could? Of course there are many directions on this earth, from low instincts to uplifted spirits, this is the realm of contradictions, but if only mainstream media had less power and the power of the heart became increased...

No, but like an honest woman, show thyself to thy worshippers, who are worn with regretting thee all these thirteen years. Hush the noise of battle, be a true Lysimacha to us. Put an end to this tittle-tattle, to this idle babble, that set us defying one another. Cause the Greeks once more to taste the pleasant beverage of friendship and temper all hearts with the gentle feeling of forgiveness. Peace by Aristophanes. Peace by Merry Joseph Blondel

[eddy25960]

The Death of Hyacinthus c.1830 by Merry-Joseph Blondel (1781-1853)

[antonio-m]

“Portrait of Maréchal de Bourdillon" by Merry-Joseph Blondel (1781–1853). French historical painter. Château de Versailles, FR. oil on canvas

[centuriespast]

BLONDEL, Merry-Joseph Portrait of Félicité-Louise de Durfort, Maréchale de Beurnonville 1808 Oil on canvas, 194 x 130 cm Private collection

[s-c-r-ee-ch]

Death of Hyacinthus

By Merry Joseph Blondel

[hildegardavon]

Merry-Joseph Blondel, 1781-1853

Aeneas becomes a God, ca.1820, oil on canvas, 127x96 cm

Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid Inv. P006075

According to the fourteenth book of Ovid’s Metamorphoses, after ordering the river Numicius to wash away all the mortal aspect of Aeneas, Venus anointed him with a divine perfume and touched his mouth with a mixture of ambrosia and nectar, thus transforming him into a god (Miguel Ángel Hernanz Santos, information provided to the Museum in March 2021). Blondel, who specialised in decorative schemes for buildings, was a notable representative of Neo-classicism in France. (Museo del Prado)

[halfabird]

Merry-Joseph Blondel (1781-1853), Portrait d'homme, 1835, coll. part.

[connoisseur-art]

Merry-Joseph Blondel

Hecuba and Polyxena ( after 1814 )

[1five1two]

'Alcestis and Admetus'. Merry Joseph Blondel. 1828.

[totenkopfmotte]

The Death of Hyacinthus 

by Merry-Joseph Blondel

[mythologypaintings]

Hecuba and Polyxena

Artist: Merry-Joseph Blondel (French, 1781-1853)

Date: After 1814

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Description

This painting was inspired by the horrific plight of the royal family of Troy after the mythical Trojan War. Men of the Trojan royal family were massacred during and after the war - including King Priam and his most famous sons, Hector, Paris, Polydorus and Lycaon.

Priam and Hecuba’s youngest son, Polydorus, also met a violent end, as he was assassinated by his treacherous guardian, King Polymestor of Thrace, who killed the young prince when he learned of the fall of Troy. Meanwhile, Queen Hecuba and the princesses of Troy - including Cassandra and Polyxena - were captured and enslaved by the Greek forces.

[too-much-imagination]

The Death of Hyacinthus

Merry-Joseph Blondel; date unknown (18th - 19th century)

The Death of Hyacinthus

Jean Broc; 1801