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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Louis Jean Francois Lagrenee Aurora's Take Off oil


Aurora's Take Off
Painting ID::  70914
Aurora's Take Off
Oil on canvas 121 x 170 cm
Oil_on_canvas _ _121_x_170_cm
   
   
     

Louis Jean Francois Lagrenee Tancred and Clorinda oil


Tancred and Clorinda
Painting ID::  71023
Tancred and Clorinda
1761 Oil on canvas
1761 _ Oil_on_canvas
   
   
     

Louis Jean Francois Lagrenee Tancred and Clorinda oil


Tancred and Clorinda
Painting ID::  72197
Tancred and Clorinda
Date 1761 Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions cm cyf
   
   
     

Louis Jean Francois Lagrenee Musee du Louvre oil


Musee du Louvre
Painting ID::  85817
Musee du Louvre
1783(1783) Medium Oil on canvas cyf
1783(1783) _ Medium_Oil_on_canvas _ cyf
   
   
     

Louis Jean Francois Lagrenee Diana at her Bath oil


Diana at her Bath
Painting ID::  86735
Diana at her Bath
Oil on paper, 26,5 x 19,5 cm Date 1775 ca. cyf
Oil_on_paper,_26,5_x_19,5_cm_ Date_1775_ca. _ cyf
   
   
     

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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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