Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ

1842–1923 · Realism

Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ was an Orientalist French painter and sculptor. He was strongly influenced by the works and teachings of Charles Gleyre and Jean-Léon Gérôme. Lecomte du Nouÿ found inspiration for his art through extensive travels to Greece, Turkey, Egypt, Romania and Italy. The thematic content of Lecomte du Nouÿ's work was mainly figural, but also spanned over a vast range of imagery throughout his career, including classical, historical and religious.

13 paintings

• L'amour qui passe et l'amour qui reste (1869)
• Esquisse pour l'église de la Trinité : Saint Vincent de Paul ramenant les galériens à la foi (1801)
• Esquisse pour l'église de la Trinité : Saint Vincent de Paul secourant les Lorrains après la guerre de 1637 (1873)
• Homère mendiant (1881)
• The Reading of the Bible by the Rabbis (A Souvenir of Morocco) (1882)
• The White Slave (1888)
• Les grandes pyramids, Egypt (1865)
• Francesca da Rimini in hell (1863)
• A Eunuch's Dream (1874)
• Sketch for "The Oriental Dream" (1901)
• Invocation à Neptune (1866)
• Adolphe Crémieux (1878)
• Bearers of bad news (1871)