Pierre Joseph Célestin François

1759 — 1851

Flemish historical, genre, and miniature painter and etcher (1759-1851)

Pierre Joseph Célestin François or Joseph François was a history, genre and miniature painter and etcher from the Southern Netherlands. He is known for his religious and mythological subjects and portraits executed in a Neoclassicist style.

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Works

Marius on the ruins of Carthage 1790s

Marius on the ruins of Carthage

Pierre Joseph Célestin François Oldmasters Museum
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Coriolanus is met by his wife Vergilia with their two small sons, and his mother Volumnia; they entreat him to spare Rome

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Cupid and Psyche as lovers

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Narcissus admiring himself in the water, the nympg Echo looking on in despair

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1796

Psyché, après une absence et de grands dangers, revoit et embrasse son cher Cupidon

Pierre Joseph Célestin François Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
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1819

Venus and Cupid: allegorical representation of the arrival of Maria Ludmilla, Princesse Lobkowicz, Duchesse de Ligne- Arenberg (1798-1868) in Brussels, 1819

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1832

Themistocles asks the protection of Admetus of Epirus and his wife Phthia

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1842

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