1806 in art

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Events

• The Elgin Marbles are brought to Britain from Greece by Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin.

Works

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, Napoleon on his Imperial Throne, 1806, oil on canvas, 260 x 163 cm, Musée de l'Armée, Paris

See also: Category:1806 paintings

• Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres:
• Napoleon on his Imperial Throne
• Madame Rivière

Births

• January 10 – Louis Joseph César Ducornet, painter (used his feet) (d. 1856)
• January 13 – Eugen Napoleon Neureuther, painter and illustrator (d. 1882)
• February 22 – Antoine Wiertz, painter (d. 1865)
• April 12 – Peter Rindisbacher, painter (d. 1834)
• May 2 – Marc-Charles-Gabriel Gleyre, painter (b. 1874)
• June 4 – Sir Daniel Macnee, portrait painter (d. 1882)
• July 28 – Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov, Russian painter who adhered to Neoclassicism (d. 1858)
• September 19 – William Dyce, painter (d. 1864)
• October – David Scott, historical painter (d. 1849)
• date unknown – Daniel Maclise, painter (d. 1870)

Deaths

• January 6 – Jean Henri Riesener, furniture designer (b. 1734)
• February 22 – James Barry, Irish painter, one of the earliest romantic painters working in Britain (b. 1741)
• March 17 – Rienk Jelgerhuis, Dutch painter, engraver and draftsman (b. 1729)
• April – John Russell, portrait painter (b. 1745)
• July 10 – George Stubbs, British painter, best known for his paintings of horses (b. 1724)
• August 22 – Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French painter and printmaker (b. 1732)
• October 22 – Thomas Sheraton, furniture designer (b. 1751)
• October 31 – Utamaro, Japanese printmaker and painter, especially of woodblock prints (ukiyo-e) (b. 1753)
• date unknown
  • Pierre Gouthière, metal-worker (b. 1740)
  • Henry Pelham, American painter, engraver, and cartographer (b. 1748/1749)
• probable – Danwon, Korean painter of the late Joseon period (b. 1745)