Louis Jean Francois Lagrenee(December 30, 1724 - June 19, 1805) was a French painter, a pupil of Carlo Vanloo. His younger brother Jean-Jacques Lagren??e was also a painter. Lagrenee was born in Paris. In 1755 he became a member of the Royal Academy, presenting as his diploma picture the Rape of Deianira (Louvre). He visited Saint Petersburg at the call of the empress Elizabeth, and on his return was named in 1781 director of the French Academy in Rome, a position he kept until 1787. He there painted the Indian Widow, one of his best-known works. In 1804 Napoleon conferred on him the cross of the l??gion d'honneur, and on June 19, 1805 he died in the Louvre, of which he was honorary keeper. | |||
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Aurora's Take Off ID de tableau:: 70914 Voir la galerie dans Suède |
Aurora's Take Off Oil on canvas 121 x 170 cm Oil_on_canvas _ _121_x_170_cm |
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Tancred and Clorinda ID de tableau:: 71023 Voir la galerie dans Suède |
Tancred and Clorinda 1761 Oil on canvas 1761 _ Oil_on_canvas |
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Tancred and Clorinda ID de tableau:: 72197 Voir la galerie dans Suède |
Tancred and Clorinda Date 1761 Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions cm cyf Date_1761 _ Medium_Oil_on_canvas _ Dimensions_cm _ cyf |
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Musee du Louvre ID de tableau:: 85817 Voir la galerie dans Suède |
Musee du Louvre 1783(1783) Medium Oil on canvas cyf 1783(1783) _ Medium_Oil_on_canvas _ cyf |
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Diana at her Bath ID de tableau:: 86735 Voir la galerie dans Suède |
Diana at her Bath Oil on paper, 26,5 x 19,5 cm Date 1775 ca. cyf Oil_on_paper,_26,5_x_19,5_cm_ Date_1775_ca. _ cyf |
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| (December 30, 1724 - June 19, 1805) was a French painter, a pupil of Carlo Vanloo. His younger brother Jean-Jacques Lagren??e was also a painter. Lagrenee was born in Paris. In 1755 he became a member of the Royal Academy, presenting as his diploma picture the Rape of Deianira (Louvre). He visited Saint Petersburg at the call of the empress Elizabeth, and on his return was named in 1781 director of the French Academy in Rome, a position he kept until 1787. He there painted the Indian Widow, one of his best-known works. In 1804 Napoleon conferred on him the cross of the l??gion d'honneur, and on June 19, 1805 he died in the Louvre, of which he was honorary keeper. | ||||||||||
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