Louis Jean François Lagrenée (1725-1805)
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- Name (English)
- Louis Jean François Lagrenée
- Short name
- Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée
- Year of birth
- 1725
- Year of death
- 1805
- Short Description
- "Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée (a.k.a. Lagrenée the elder) (30 December 1724 – 19 June 1805) was a French rococo painter and student of Carle van Loo. He won the Grand Prix de Rome for painting in 1749 and was elected a member of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture in 1755. His younger brother Jean-Jacques Lagrenée (a.k.a. Lagrenée the younger) was also a painter.
Lagrenée's notable career appointments included:
Court painter to Elizabeth, Empress of Russia.
Director of the Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg.
Director of the French Academy in Rome.
Professor-rector of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture." - (en.wikipedia.org 24.05.2021) - Entity Encoding
- piz
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