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Mary Magdalene in ecstasy with two angels
Nativity
Massacre of the Innocents
Saint Anthony the Abbot and Saint Paul the hermit fed by a crow
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Still life with vase of flowers
Portrait of Cardinal Alfonso Litta
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Autumn day in Capri
Procession in May
Gladiator with woman
Eruption of Vesuvius
Discoforo
Portrait of a Gentlewoman
Nude woman with amphora
Situation
Still life
Martyrdom of Saint Erasmus
Trafalgar Square
Mary Magdalene in ecstasy with two angels
Nativity
Massacre of the Innocents
Saint Anthony the Abbot and Saint Paul the hermit fed by a crow
Penitent Magdalene
Still life with vase of flowers
Portrait of Cardinal Alfonso Litta
Tancred in the enchanted forest
Christ mocked
Crucifixion of Christ with the Madonna, Saint John and Saint Mary Magdalene
Autumn day in Capri
Procession in May
Gladiator with woman
Eruption of Vesuvius
Discoforo
Portrait of a Gentlewoman
Nude woman with amphora
Situation
Still life
Martyrdom of Saint Erasmus
Trafalgar Square

Discoforo

Andrea Appiani

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National Gallery of Puglia

National Gallery of Puglia

Via Giandonato Rogadeo, 14, Bitonto

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Appiani, Napoleon's premier peintre, portrays in this work a cast taken from the standing Discobolus of Naucides of Argos. The plaster copy was purchased in Rome for the Academy of Fine Arts in Milan where it arrived in 1806. The painting demonstrates the importance of the Ancient in the neoclassical era.
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Title: Discoforo

Author: Andrea Appiani

Date: 1805 ca.

Technique: Oil painting on canvas

Displayed in: National Gallery of Puglia

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