NICOLAS DE LARGILLIERE (1656-1746) Self-Portrait (c. 1726) Oil on canvas (80 x 64 cm) Musée Fabre, Montpellier To enlarge the picture; right-click on it, then "Open in a new tab" Largillière, a Parisian educated in Antwerp showed at an early age great aptitudes for painting and was apprenticed to Antoine Goubau (1616-1698). He became a …
Tag: 17th century French art
Saint Thomas
PIERRE LE GROS THE YOUNGER (1666-1719) Saint Thomas (1703-05) Terracotta (70 x 47 x 27 cm) Los Angeles County Museum of Art To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and open it in a new tab The following entry/article belongs to the catalogue of the exhibition "The Ahmanson Gifts: European Masterpieces from the Collection of …
The Goddess Diana
JEAN BAPTISTE TUBY I (1635-1700) Diana with a Stag and a Dog (1687) Terracotta (26 x 43 x 21 cm) Los Angeles County Museum of Art To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and then "Open in a new tab" Tuby was born Giambattista Tubi in Rome in 1635, and first trained as a sculptor in …
An Officer and a Gentleman
NICOLAS DE LARGILLIERE (1656-1746) Portrait of an Officier, c. 1715 Oil on canvas (66 x 55 cm) Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" Unjustly neglected by art historians, particularly the Anglo-Americans, in favour of his contemporary and rival Hyacinthe Rigaud …
The Abduction of Europa
CLAUDE LORRAIN (1600-1682) Landscape with the Abduction of Europa (1647) Oil on canvas: 96 x 167 cm Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, USA To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" This painting is usually called "The Rape of Europa"; however, since the word rape in the English language has …
“Vanitas” by Largilliere
NICOLAS DE LARGILLIERE (1656-1746) Vanitas (1677) Oil on canvas 74 x 61 cm Stichting Hannema-de Stuers Foundation, Heino, The Netherlands To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" Nicolas de Largillière (or Largillierre) was born in Paris but his family moved to Antwerp in 1659. At an early age, he …
Allegory of Arithmetic
LAURENT DE LA HYRE (1606-1656) Allegory of Arithmetic (1650) Oil on canvas 103 x 109 cm Stichting Hannema-de Stuers Foundation, Heino, The Netherlands To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" Laurent de La Hyre was a pupil of Jean Baptiste Lallemand, although the strongest influence in his formation was …
A Double Portrait
JEAN BAPTISTE DE CHAMPAIGNE (1631-1681) NICOLAS DE PLATTEMONTAGNE (1631-1706) Double portrait of the artists (1654) Oil on canvas 132 x 185 cm Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" The drawing board on the left announces that Nicolas de Plattemontagne painted the portrait, presumably referring …
Old Masters 