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Pierre Henri

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Smithsonianhttps://www.si.edu/object/saam_1933.7.1
Tier 1 · Institutional90%

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Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes was a French painter. A neoclassicist artist, he was influential in elevating the status of En plein air .

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (5)

Photographie Lunaire: Copernic-Képler-Aristarique

1896 · photogravure (heliogravure)

Sheet: 57 x 47.7 cm (22 7/16 x 18 3/4 in.); Framed: 88.6 x 77.3 x 2.6 cm (34 7/8 x 30 7/16 x 1 in.); Matted: 86.4 x 76.2 cm (34 x 30 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Alexander at the Tomb of Cyrus the Great

1796 · Oil on canvas

42 × 91.1 cm (16 9/16 × 35 7/8 in.); Framed: 59.3 × 107.7 cm (23 5/16 × 42 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mount Athos Carved as a Monument to Alexander the Great

1796 · Oil on canvas

41.9 × 91.4 cm (16 1/2 × 36 in.); Framed: 58.5 × 108.3 cm (23 × 42 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

View of Rome

1782 · oil on paper, mounted on board

Framed: 30 x 49 x 4.5 cm (11 13/16 x 19 5/16 x 1 3/4 in.); Unframed: 19.5 x 39 cm (7 11/16 x 15 3/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Classical Landscape

1779 · black gouache and brush and gray wash, over black chalk and graphite, heightened with white gouache

Sheet: 41.3 x 48.3 cm (16 1/4 x 19 in.); Secondary Support: 43.6 x 52.1 cm (17 3/16 x 20 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Cleveland Museum of Art
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Art Institute Chicago
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Photographie Lunaire: Copernic-Képler-Aristarique
1896 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Classical Landscape
1779 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
View of Rome
1782 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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