See also: 1797 in art, other events of 1798, 1799 in art, List of years in art See also: 1796 in art, other events of 1797, 1798 in art, List of years in art // July 17 - Hippolyte Delaroche, painter (d. ... 1798 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... This page indexes the individual year in art pages. ...

Events

• Alois Senefelder invents litography

Alois Senefelder (November 6, 1771 _ February 26, 1834) was a German inventor. ...

Works

Cupid and Psyche

François Pascal Simon, Baron Gérard, 1798

Oil-on-canvas

186 × 132 cm

Louvre

• William Beechey - George III and the Prince of Wales reviewing troops
• François Gérard - Cupid and Psyche
• Antoine-Jean Gros - Le pont d'Arcole

Image File history File links Download high resolution version (850x1206, 111 KB)GÉRARD, François (1770-1837). ... 1798 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Sir William Beechey (1753 - 1839), English portrait-painter, was born at Burford. ... François Pascal Simon, Baron Gérard (May 4, 1770 - 1837), French painter, was born at Rome, where his father occupied a post in the house of the French ambassador. ... Napoleon on the battlefield of Preussisch-Eylau (detail), 1808. ...

Births

• April 26 - Eugène Delacroix, Romantic painter (d. 1863)
• September 1 - Jean Augustin Franquelin, painter

April 26 is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (117th in leap years). ... Eugène Delacroix (portrait by Nadar) Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix (April 26, 1798 — August 13, 1863) was the most important of the French Romantic painters. ... September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Deaths

• January 4 - Gavin Hamilton, painter (b. 1723)
• date unknown - Asmus Jacob Carstens, painter (b. 1754)