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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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ID de tableau:: 70914 Aurora's Take Off Aurora's Take Off
Oil on canvas
121 x 170 cm
Oil on canvas
121 x 170 cm
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ID de tableau:: 71023 Tancred and Clorinda Tancred and Clorinda
1761
Oil on canvas
1761
Oil on canvas
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ID de tableau:: 72197 Tancred and Clorinda Tancred and Clorinda
Date 1761
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions cm
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Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions cm
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ID de tableau:: 85817 Musee du Louvre Musee du Louvre
1783(1783)
Medium Oil on canvas
cyf 1783(1783)
Medium Oil on canvas
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ID de tableau:: 86735 Diana at her Bath Diana at her Bath
Oil on paper, 26,5 x 19,5 cm
Date 1775 ca.
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Date 1775 ca.
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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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