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Alexandre-Denis-Abel de Pujol or Abel de Pujol (30 January 1785 in Valenciennes – 29 September 1861 in Paris) was a French painter. He was a student of David and his own students included Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps and Émile Lévy.
Title: The Death of Britannicus. Artist: Alexandre Denis Abel de Pujol (French, Valenciennes 1785–1861 Paris) Date: ca. 1814. Medium: Pen and black ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with white gouache over graphite and red chalk. Dimensions: 14 x 20 3/4 in. (35.6 x 52.7 cm) Classification: Drawings.
Alexandre-Denis Abel de Pujol, dit Abel de Pujol [1], né le 30 janvier 1785 à Valenciennes et mort le 28 septembre 1861 à Paris [2], est un peintre néoclassique français.
Jan 30, 1785 - Sep 29, 1861. Alexandre-Denis-Abel de Pujol or Abel de Pujol was a French painter. He was a student of David and his own students included Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps and Emile...
As an allegory of Piacenza, she represents one of four Italian cities saved from the plague by the saint in the early fourteenth century. Hands clasped in prayer, she gazes up in veneration to the Apotheosis of Saint Roch depicted on the ceiling of the chapel above.
As a draughtsman, Abel de Pujol was much admired in his lifetime by critics and connoisseurs. The largest extant collection of the artist’s drawings, amounting to almost 150 sheets, is today in the collection of the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Valenciennes.
Artist: Alexandre Denis Abel de Pujol (French, Valenciennes 1785–1861 Paris) Date: 1832. Medium: Graphite on beige paper. Dimensions: 5-3/8 x 9-13/16 in. (13.7 x 24.9 cm) Classification: Drawings. Credit Line: Gift of Dr. Bruce B. Grynbaum, in memory of his parents, Gertrude and Maurycy Grynbaum, 1991. Accession Number: 1991.461.3
