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

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

Deaths

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