Jean Baptiste van Loo

Flemish Painter, 1684-1745 was a French subject and portrait painter. He was born in Aix-en-Provence, and was instructed in art by his father Louis-Abraham van Loo, son of Jacob van Loo. Having at an early age executed several pictures for the decoration of the church and public buildings at Aix, he was employed on similar work at Toulon, which he was obliged to leave during the siege of 1707. He was patronized by the prince of Carignan, who sent him to Rome, where he studied under Benedetto Luti. Here he was much employed on church pictures, and in particular executed a greatly praised Scourging of Christ for St Maria in Monticelli. At Turin he painted Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy and several members of his court. Then, moving to Paris, where he was elected a member of the Acad??mie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture, he executed various altar-pieces and restored the works of Francesco Primaticcio at Fontainebleau. In 1737 he went to England, where he attracted attention by his portrait of Colley Cibber and of Owen McSwiny, the theatrical manager; the latter, like many other of van Loo's works, was engraved in mezzotint by John Faber Junior. He also painted Sir Robert Walpole, whose portrait by van Loo in his robes as chancellor of the exchequer is in the National Portrait Gallery, London, and the prince and princess of Wales. He did not, however, practise long in England, for his health failing he retired to Paris in 1742, and afterwards to Aix, where he died on 19 December 1745.


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Jean Baptiste van Loo Portrait of Louis XV of France oil


Portrait of Louis XV of France
Painting ID::  80123
Portrait of Louis XV of France
18th century Medium Oil on canvas cyf
18th_century _ Medium_Oil_on_canvas _ cyf
   
   
     

Jean Baptiste van Loo Portrait of Louis XV of France oil


Portrait of Louis XV of France
Painting ID::  80156
Portrait of Louis XV of France
1728(1728) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 304 x 180 cm (119.7 x 70.9 in) cyf
   
   
     

Jean Baptiste van Loo William Frederick of Orange Nassau oil


William Frederick of Orange Nassau
Painting ID::  80835
William Frederick of Orange Nassau
1838(1838) Medium Oil cyf
1838(1838) _ Medium_Oil _ cyf
   
   
     

Jean Baptiste van Loo Princess Amellia of Great Britain oil


Princess Amellia of Great Britain
Painting ID::  82906
Princess Amellia of Great Britain
1738(1738) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 125 x 97 cm (49.2 x 38.2 in) cyf
   
   
     

Jean Baptiste van Loo Portrait of King Louis XV oil


Portrait of King Louis XV
Painting ID::  83482
Portrait of King Louis XV
Date c 1727 cyf
Date_c_1727 _cyf
   
   
     

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     Jean Baptiste van Loo
     Flemish Painter, 1684-1745 was a French subject and portrait painter. He was born in Aix-en-Provence, and was instructed in art by his father Louis-Abraham van Loo, son of Jacob van Loo. Having at an early age executed several pictures for the decoration of the church and public buildings at Aix, he was employed on similar work at Toulon, which he was obliged to leave during the siege of 1707. He was patronized by the prince of Carignan, who sent him to Rome, where he studied under Benedetto Luti. Here he was much employed on church pictures, and in particular executed a greatly praised Scourging of Christ for St Maria in Monticelli. At Turin he painted Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy and several members of his court. Then, moving to Paris, where he was elected a member of the Acad??mie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture, he executed various altar-pieces and restored the works of Francesco Primaticcio at Fontainebleau. In 1737 he went to England, where he attracted attention by his portrait of Colley Cibber and of Owen McSwiny, the theatrical manager; the latter, like many other of van Loo's works, was engraved in mezzotint by John Faber Junior. He also painted Sir Robert Walpole, whose portrait by van Loo in his robes as chancellor of the exchequer is in the National Portrait Gallery, London, and the prince and princess of Wales. He did not, however, practise long in England, for his health failing he retired to Paris in 1742, and afterwards to Aix, where he died on 19 December 1745.

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