French portraits painter, 1674-1735 French painter, active also in Spain. His father was the painter Antoine Ranc (1634-1716), under whom he must have trained. From 1697 he lived in Paris, where he continued his apprenticeship in Hyacinthe Rigaud's studio. After working for some years as Rigaud's assistant, he joined the Academie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in Paris in 1703 and reached the rank of academician as a portrait painter in 1707. As Rigaud's protege he worked for the French court, painting portraits of Louis XV (1718; Versailles, Cheteau) and almost certainly other members of the royal family as well as of the aristocracy. He also painted some allegorical and mythological works, such as Vertumnus and Pomona
Retrato del infante-cardenal Luis Antonio de Borbon y Farnesio de nino
Infante Luis Antonio Jaime of Spain, the Cardinal-Infante (Madrid, 25 July 1727 ?C Vila de Arenas de San Pedro, Ávila, 7 August 1785), Infante of Spain, Cardinal Deacon of the Title of the church of Santa Maria della Scala in Rome, Archbishop of Toledo and Primate of Spain and 13th Conde de Chinch??n Grandee of Spain First Class with a Coat of Arms of de Bourbon. Luis was a son of Philip V, King of Spain and his second wife, Elisabeth of Parma . Date 1731(1731) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 105 ?? 84 cm (41.3 ?? 33.1 in) cjr