Antoine-Claude Fleury

French painter
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IntroFrench painter
A.K.A.Antoine Fleury Antoine Claude Fleury
A.K.A.Antoine Fleury Antoine Claude Fleury
PlacesFrance
wasPainter
Work fieldArts
Gender
Male
Genres:History painting Portrait
Birth1743
Death1822 (aged 79 years)
Family
Children:François Antoine Léon Fleury
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Biography

Portrait of cardinal Joseph Fesch, 1807

Antoine-Claude Fleury (1743-1822), a French historical and portrait painter, studied under Regnault, and exhibited at the Salon from 1795 to 1822. Amongst his works are:

  • The Abduction of Helen from the Temple of Diana. 1800.
  • Theseus going to fight the Minotaur. 1804.
  • The Doom of Orestes. 1806.
  • Venus and Adonis.
  • The Origin of Painting. 1808.
  • Cornelia and her Sons. 1810.
  • Miss Salisbury. 1812.
  • The Flight into Egypt. 1819.
  • The Widow's Mite. 1819.
  • Portrait of Louis XVIII. 1819.
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