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1600 to 1700

 

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Early French Art

 

School Fontainebleau: Diana, The Huntress

School of Fontainebleau:
Diana, The Huntress
about 1550
Louvre, Paris, France

 

Ten pictures including pictures from
Jean Clouet, his son Francois Clouet,
and the Fontainebleau School of painters.

 

Baroque French Art

 

Nicolas Tournier

born: about 1590
died: Toulouse, France; about 1638

French Caravaggesque painter of which little is known.

Tournier: The Crucifixion of Christ

The Crucifixion of Christ
about 1635
Louvre, Paris, France

Three more Tournier pictures.

 

Simon Vouet

born: Paris, France; 9 January 1590
died: Paris, France; 30 June 1649

Simon Vouet was a leading French Baroque painter and an arbiter of taste for almost 20 years.

Vouet taught most of the painters of the next generation in France, notably Le Brun, Le Sueur and Mignard.

 

Vouet, Simon: Prince Marcantonio Doria

Prince Marcantonio Doria
1621
Louvre, Paris, France

Nineteen more Vouet pictures

 

Valentin de Boulogne
Le Valentin or Moise Valentin

born: Colulmmiers, France; 1591
died: Rome, Papal States [now Italy]; 1632

Worked mostly in Italy... most Caravaggesque, in every way, of the followers of Caravaggio.

 

Valentin: St John the Baptist

St John the Baptist
1628-30
Santa Maria in Via
Camerino, Italy

 

Ten more le Valentin pictures.

 

Jaçques Callet

born: Nancy, France; 1592
died: Nancy, France; 1635

 

callot: [etching] The Holy Family at Table

The Holy Family at Table
1628

callot: [etching] The Battle of Avigliana

The Battle of Avigliana
after 1631

 

Some Works:

 

Claude Vignon

born: Tours, France; 1593
died: Paris, France; 1670

French painter and engraver.

 

Vignon: The Young Singer

The Young Singer
1622-23
Louvre, Paris, France

Vignon: Esther before Ahasuerus

Esther before Ahasuerus
1624
Louvre, Paris, France

Vignon: Croesus Receiving Tribute from a Lydian Peasant

Croesus Receiving Tribute
from a Lydian Peasant

1629
Musée des Beaux-Arts
Tours, France

 

 

Georges de La Tour

born: Vic-sur-Seille, France; 19 March 1593
died: Lunéville, France; 30 January 1652

He specialized in night scenes lit by candlelight.

He was mostly forgotten and rediscovered in the mid 20th Century.

 

 

 La Tour: St Irene and St Sebastian

St. Irene Removing
Arrows from
St. Sebastian's Leg

 

Ten more pictures by de La Tour.

 

Pousssin: Self  Nicolas Poussin

born: Villers near Paris, France; 1594
died: Rome, Papal States [now Italy]; 19 November 1665

Spent most of career in Rome, was heavily influenced by the paintings of Raphael.

 

  Poussin: Adoration of the Golden Calf

Adoration of the Golden Calf
about 1635

 Poussin: Midas and Baccus

Midas and Bacchus

 

Eight more Poussin pictures.

 

Aubin Vouet

born: 1595
died: 1641

 

Sébastien Stoskopff

born: Strasbourg, France; 1597
died: Idstein, France; 1657

French still-life painter.

 

Stoskopff: Still Life with Books, Candel, and Bronze Statue

Still Life with
Books, Candle, and
Bronze Statue
Louvre
Paris, France

Five more Stoskopff still-life paintings.

 

Jaçques Blanchard

born: Paris, France; 1600
died: Paris, France; 1638

 

 

Blanchard: Bacchanal

Bacchanal
1636
Musée des Beaux-Arts
Nancy, France

 

Five more Blanchard paintings.

 

Claude Lorrain
Claude Gellée or Le Lorrain or Claude

born: Champagne, France; 1600
died: Rome, Papal States [now Italy]; 23 November 1682

Best known for, and master painter of ideal landscapes.

Ideal-landscape painting is an painting that seeks to present a view of nature more beautiful and harmonious than nature itself. The beauty is defined by classical concepts, and the landscape often contains classical ruins and pastoral figures in classical dress.

 

Lorrain: Seaport at Sunset

Seaport at Sunset
1639
Louvre, Paris, France

Lorrain: The Village Fete

The Village Fete
1639
Louvre, Paris, France

 

 

Six more Lorrain pictures.

 

Antoine Le Nain

born: Laon, France; 1600
died: Paris, France; 1648 of the black plague.

Louis Le Nain

born: Laon, France; 1603
died: Paris, France; 1648 of the black plague.

Matthieu Le Nain

born: Laon, France; 1607
died: 1677

 

 

 Le Nain, Bros: Peasants at their Cottage Door

Peasants at their Cottage Door
about 1641
Fine Arts Museums
San Francisco, California, US

 Le Nain Bros.: Peasant  Meal

Peasant Meal
1642

Louvre, Paris, France

 

Six more Le Nain Brothers pictures.

 

 

Jaçques Linard

born: Paris, France; about 1600
died: Paris, France; 1645

French still-life painter.

 

Linard: Bouquet on Wooden Box

Bouquet on
Wooden Box

about 1640
Staatliche Kunsthalle
Karlsruhe, Germany

Linard: Basjet if Flowers

Basket of Flowers
Louvre, Paris, France

 

Linard: The Five Senses

The Five Senses
1638
Musée des Beaux-Arts
Strasbourg, France

 

 

Abraham Bosse

born: Paris, France; 1602
died: Paris, France; 1676

French engraver.

Bosse: [etching] Man with a Rocket

Man with a Rocket
1737

 

Four more Bosse pictures.

 

Philippe de Champaigne

born: Brussels, Spanish Netherlands [now Belgium]; 26 May 1602
died: Paris, France; 12 August 1674

portrait, historical, and religious painter.

After his training in Brussels, as a young man of nineteen, Champaigne arrived in Paris seeking work. Nicolas Poussin hired him to help decorate the Luxembourg Palace.

 

 

Champaigne: Triple Portrait of Richelieu

Triple Portrait of Richelieu
about 1640
National Gallery
London, England

 

Champaigne: The Dead Christ

The Dead Christ
Louvre, Paris, France

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Twelve more de Champaigne pictures.

 

 

Pierre Patel

born: Picardie, France; 1605
died: Paris, France; 1676

French landscape painter.

Patel: Fantastic Landscape with Ruins

Fantastic Landscape
with Ruins

1646-47
Louvre, Paris, France

Patel: Landscape with Ruins

Landscape with Ruins
Museum of Fine Arts
Springfield, Illinois, US

 

 

Laurent de La Hire
La Hyre

born: Paris, France; 27 February 1606
died: Paris, France; 28 December 1656

He was the son of the painter Étienne de La Hire (c. 1583–1643), but was heavily influenced by the work of Georges Lallemont and Orazio Gentileschi.

 

La Hire: Theseus and Aethra
La Hire: [detail] Theseus and Aethra

Theseus and Aethra
1635-40
Museum of Fine Arts
Budapest, Hungary

Nine more La Hire pictures.

 

 

Nicolas Mignard

born: 1606
died: 1688

 

 

Louisa Moillon

born: Paris, France; 1610
died: Paris, France; 1696

French Huguenot still-life painter.

Moillon: Basket with Peaches and Grapes

Basket with
Peaches and Grapes
1631
Staatliche Kunsthalle
Karlsruhe, Germany

Moillon: Still-Life with Cherries, Strawberries and Gooseberries

Still-life with
Cherries, Strawberries
and Gooseberries
1630
Norton Simon Museum
Pasadena. California, US

Moillon: Cup of Cherries and Melon

Cup of Cherries
and Melon
1633
Louvre, Paris, France

Moillon: Market Scene with a Pick-pocket

Market Scene
with a Pickpocket

 

 

Mignard: Self  Pierre Mignard
Mignard Le Romain

born: Troyes, France; 17 November 1612
died: Paris, France; 13 May 1695

Mignard studied with Simon Vouet in Paris, At age eighteen Mignard left for Italy, where he spent 22 years that made him famous as a portrait painter. A royal summons brought him back to Paris in 1657. His portrait of Louis XIV found favor in the court and Mignard pitted himself for power against Charles Le Brun, but without much success; Le Brun was much too well entrenched.

Mignard: Clio, Muse of Music

Clio, Muse of Music
1689
Museum of Fine Arts
Budapest, Hungary

 

Five more Mignard paintings.

 

Gaspard Duget
Gaspard Poussin

born: Rome, Papal States [now Italy]; 1615
died: Rome, Papal States [now Italy]; 1675

French landscape painter, draughtsman, and etcher, born of French parents and active in
Rome. He was the brother-in-law of Nicholas Poussin, whose surname he adopted.

 

Duget:Imaginary Landscape

Imaginary Landscape
1650s
Museum of Fine Arts
Budapest, Hungary

Duget:Landscape with St Augustine and the Mystery

Landscape with
St Augustine
and the Mystery
1651-53
Galleria Doria-Pamphili
Rome, Italy

Duget: The Falls of Tivoli

The Falls of Tivoli
c. 1661
Wallace Collection
London, England

Duget:View of Tivoli

View of Tivoli
Molinari Pradelli Collection
Bologna, Italy

 

 

Sébastien Bourdon

born: Montpellier, France; 1616
died: Paris, France; 1671

In 1634-7 he worked in Rome. He developed a talent for faking the work of other painters and increasing the value of his work by selling it as theirs. Among the artists he faked were Claude and Duget He continued to fake other artists when he returned to France, and thus his output is hard to define and separate from those he imitated.

 

Bourdon: Portrait of a Man

Portrait of a Man
Musée Fabre
Montpellier, France

Eight pictures by Bourdon.

 

 

Eustache Le Sueur

born: Paris, France; 1616
died: Paris, France; 1671

Le Sueur studied with Simon Vouet.

 

Le Sueur: Caligula Depositing the Ashes of his Mother and Brother in the Tomb of his Ancestors

Caligula Depositing the Ashes
of his Mother and Brother
in the Tomb of his Ancestors
1647
Royal Collection, Windsor, England

 

Five more picture by Eustache Le Sueur.

 

 

Charles Le Brun
Lebrun

born: Paris, France; 24 February 1619
died: Paris, France; 12 February 1690

 

 Le Brun: Peace Bringing Abundance

Peace bringing Abundance

 LeBrun: [pen and ink] Anger

Anger

 

Le Brun was a French painter and designer who became the dictator of artistic style in France during the last half of the 17th century. He created or supervised the production of most of the art and decorative objects during the three decades of Louis XIV. French artists were constrained, not without occasional protest, to a homogeneous style that came to be accepted throughout Europe as the paragon of academic art.

Eight more Le Brun pictures.

 

Pierre Puget

born: Marseille, France; 16 October 1620
died: Marseille, France; 2 December 1694

French baroque sculptor, painter, and architect.

 

Puget: [Marble Sculpture] Milon de Croton

Milon de Croton
1671-83
Louvre, Paris, France

Three more Puget sculptures.

 

Charles de La Fosse

born: about 1636
died: 1716

Fosse, Charles de La: The Temptation of Christ

The Temptation of Christ

Fosse, Charles de La: The Finding of Moses

The Finding of Moses
about 1701
Louvre, Paris, France

 

 

 

Jean Jouvenet

born: Ruen, France; 1644
died: Paris; France; 1717

 

Jouvenet: The Resurrection of Lazarus

The Resurrection
of Lazarus
1706
Louvre, Paris, France

Jouvenet: The Descent from the Cross

The Descent
from the Cross
1697
Louvre, Paris, France

Jouvenet: The Doctor Raymond Finot

The Doctor,
Raymond Finot

Louvre, Paris France

 

 

 

Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer

born: Lille, France; 1636
died: London, England; 1699

Franco-Flemish flower-painter who trained in Antwerp, Belgium.

 

Monnoyer: Flowers

Flowers
Residenzgalerie
Salzburg, Austria

Monnoyer: Flowers and Fruits

Flowers and Fruits
1665
Musée Fabre
Montpellier, France

Monnoyer: Flower Still-Life

Flowers
Musée des Beaux-Arts
Marseille, France

 

 

Antoine Coysevox

born: about 1640
died: 1720

 

Pierre Etienne Monnot

born: about 1657
died: 1733

French Sculptor.

Monnot: [scultpure] Andromeda and the Sea Monster

Andromeda and
the Sea Monster
1700-04
Metropolitan Museum
New York, US

Monnot: [sculpture] Monument of Pope Gregory XV

Monument of
Pope Gregory XV
1697
Sant'Ignazio, Rome

 

 

Hyacinthe Rigaud
Hyacinthe Rigau Y Ros

born: Perpignan, France; 1659
died: Paris, France, 1743

 

Rigaud: A Scholar

A Scholar

Rigaud: Madame Rigaud, Mother of the Artist

Madame Rigaud
Mother of the Artist
in Two Different Views
1695
Louvre, Paris

Rigaud: Louis XIV, King of France

Louis XIV
King of France
1701
Louvre, Paris

 

 

Jean-Baptiste Oudry

born: about 1686
died: 1755

 

Subleyras: Self  Pierre Subleyras

born: Saint-Gilles (Gard), Southern France;1699
died: Rome, Papal States [Now Italy]; 1749

Subleyras: The Hermit and Monk

The Hermit and Monk
1732
Oil on canvas
23 x 30 cm
Louvre, Paris, France

Subleyras: Charon Crossing to the Shades

Charon Crossing to the Shades
Oil on Canvas
125 x 83 cm
Louvre, Paris, France

Subleyras: Dom Cesare Benvenuti

Dom Cesare Benvenuti
[Abbot of the Congregation of Canons
of the Lateran]
1742
Oil on Canvas
138 x 101 cm
Louvre, Paris, France

Subleyras: Jacques-Antoine de Lironcourt

Jacques-Antoine de Lironcourt
about 1745
Oil on canvas
74 x 61 cm
Louvre, Paris, France

Subleyras: St Ambrose Converting Theodosius

St Ambrose Converting Theodosius
1745
Oil on canvas
Galleria Nazionale
Perugia, Italy

Subleyras: The Studio of the Painter

The Studio of the Painter
about 1747-49
Oil on canvas
Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna, Austria

 

 

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