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Artists›Andrea Appiani

Andrea Appiani

1754

WA-00080566

PaintingNeoclassicism

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None documented

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WikidataQ493349

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2 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Is PublishedManual· 100%✓
Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
LocationArtsy· 85%
NationalityArtsy· 85%

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Nga
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred85%
Artsy (bulk)https://www.artsy.net/artist/andrea-appiani
Tier 1 · Institutional85%

About

Why this artist matters now

Andrea Appiani was an Italian neoclassical painter. He is known as "the elder", to distinguish him from his great-nephew Andrea Appiani, a historical painter in Rome.

Source: Nga · Trust score: 85% · Updated 11d ago

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Neoclassicism

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National Gallery of Art

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Artworks (8)

The Muses Euterpe, Polyhymnia, Calliope, Clio, and Terpsichore (recto); Sketch of a Sleeping Child (verso)

1811 · Black chalk (recto); black chalk (verso); squared in red chalk

18-13/16 x 13-5/16 in. (47.8 x 33.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Satyr

1808 · softground etching

Sheet: 15.5 x 10.3 cm (6 1/8 x 4 1/16 in.); Platemark: 13.8 x 8.3 cm (5 7/16 x 3 1/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of a Musician

1795 · oil on wood

Framed: 72 x 57 x 6.5 cm (28 3/8 x 22 7/16 x 2 9/16 in.); Unframed: 43.8 x 60.3 cm (17 1/4 x 23 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Study for the Portrait of General Desaix

1795 · Black and white chalk on blue paper

12 1/16 x 9 1/2 in. (30.7 x 24.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study for Head of Laocoon

1774 · Red chalk on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream wove board

23.3 × 20.4 cm (9 3/16 × 8 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Odysseus and Eurycleia

1774 · Black and white chalk with stumping on tan laid paper

36.5 × 49.8 cm (14 3/8 × 19 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Aurora Riding in Her Chariot

1754 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk

7-3/8 x 11-7/16 in. (18.8 x 29.0 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Muses Thalia and Erato

1754 · Black chalk; squared in black chalk

18-7/8 x 13-3/8 in. (47.9 x 33.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Artwork sources (4)

8 published of 9 catalogued · 8 with image

The Met
4 published4 img
Art Institute Chicago
2 published2 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
2 published2 img
+ 1 more source · 1 catalogued, not yet published

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2 entries · 1 sources

Portrait of a Musician
1795 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Satyr
1808 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Neoclassicism

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National Gallery of Art

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National Gallery of Art

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