1806 in art

Events

• January 18 – The British Institution opens its gallery in Pall Mall, London.^[1]
• The Elgin Marbles are brought to Britain from Greece by Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin.

Works

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, Napoleon on his Imperial Throne, 1806, oil on canvas, 260 x 163 cm, Musée de l'Armée, Paris

• Antonio Canova – Napoleon as Mars the Peacemaker (bronze nude)
• John Hoppner – Sleeping Venus and Cupid
• Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
  • Mademoiselle Caroline Rivière
  • Napoleon I on his Imperial Throne
• Thomas Lawrence – Lady Georgiana Fane (approximate date)
• Benjamin West – The Death of Nelson

Births

• January 10 – Louis Joseph César Ducornet, painter (used his feet) (died 1856)
• January 13 – Eugen Napoleon Neureuther, painter and illustrator (died 1882)
• February 22 – Antoine Wiertz, painter (died 1865)
• April 12 – Peter Rindisbacher, painter (died 1834)
• May 2 – Marc-Charles-Gabriel Gleyre, painter (born 1874)
• June 4 – Sir Daniel Macnee, portrait painter (died 1882)
• July 28 – Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov, Russian painter who adhered to Neoclassicism (died 1858)
• September 19 – William Dyce, painter (died 1864)
• October – David Scott, historical painter (died 1849)
• date unknown – Daniel Maclise, painter (died 1870)

Deaths

• January 6 – Jean Henri Riesener, furniture designer (born 1734)
• February 22 – James Barry, Irish painter, one of the earliest romantic painters working in Britain (born 1741)
• March 17 – Rienk Jelgerhuis, Dutch painter, engraver and draftsman (born 1729)
• April – John Russell, portrait painter (born 1745)
• July 10 – George Stubbs, British painter, best known for his paintings of horses (born 1724)
• August 22 – Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French painter and printmaker (born 1732)
• October 22 – Thomas Sheraton, furniture designer (born 1751)
• October 31 – Utamaro, Japanese printmaker and painter, especially of woodblock prints (ukiyo-e) (born 1753)
• date unknown
  • Pierre Gouthière, metal-worker (born 1740)
  • Henry Pelham, American painter, engraver, and cartographer (born 1748/1749) (drowned)
• probable – Danwon, Korean painter of the late Joseon period (born 1745)

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