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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Allegory on the Death of the Dauphin ID de tableau:: 66681 Voir la galerie dans Suède |
Allegory on the Death of the Dauphin Oil on canvas 129 x 97 cm 1765 Oil_on_canvas 129_x_97_cm 1765 |
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The Abduction of Deianeira by the Centaur Nessus ID de tableau:: 70456 Voir la galerie dans Suède |
The Abduction of Deianeira by the Centaur Nessus Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions Expression error: Missing operand for *157 ?? 185 cm Medium_Oil_on_canvas _ Dimensions_Expression_error:_Missing_operand_for_*157_??_185_cm |
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Apelles verliebt sich in die Geliebte Alexander des Groben ID de tableau:: 70465 Voir la galerie dans Suède |
Apelles verliebt sich in die Geliebte Alexander des Groben Medium Oil on copper Dimensions 42,9 x 35 cm Medium_Oil_on_copper _ Dimensions_42,9_x_35_cm |
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Allegory on the Death of the Dauphin ID de tableau:: 70721 Voir la galerie dans Suède |
Allegory on the Death of the Dauphin Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 129 x 97 cm Medium_Oil_on_canvas _ Dimensions_129_x_97_cm |
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Allegory on the Installation of the Museum in the Grande Galerie of the Louvre ID de tableau:: 70751 Voir la galerie dans Suède |
Allegory on the Installation of the Museum in the Grande Galerie of the Louvre Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions Expression error: Missing operand for *52 ?? 68 cm Medium_Oil_on_canvas _ Dimensions_Expression_error:_Missing_operand_for_*52_??_68_cm |
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