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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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Allegory on the Death of the Dauphin
Oil on canvas
129 x 97 cm
1765
Painting ID:: 66681
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Allegory_on_the_Death_of_the_Dauphin
Oil on canvas
129 x 97 cm
1765
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The Abduction of Deianeira by the Centaur Nessus
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions Expression error: Missing operand for *157 ?? 185 cm
Painting ID:: 70456
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The_Abduction_of_Deianeira_by_the_Centaur_Nessus
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions Expression error: Missing operand for *157 ?? 185 cm
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Apelles verliebt sich in die Geliebte Alexander des Groben
Medium Oil on copper
Dimensions 42,9 x 35 cm
Painting ID:: 70465
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Apelles_verliebt_sich_in_die_Geliebte_Alexander_des_Groben
Medium Oil on copper
Dimensions 42,9 x 35 cm
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Allegory on the Death of the Dauphin
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 129 x 97 cm
Painting ID:: 70721
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Allegory_on_the_Death_of_the_Dauphin
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 129 x 97 cm
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Allegory on the Installation of the Museum in the Grande Galerie of the Louvre
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions Expression error: Missing operand for *52 ?? 68 cm
Painting ID:: 70751
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Allegory_on_the_Installation_of_the_Museum_in_the_Grande_Galerie_of_the_Louvre
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions Expression error: Missing operand for *52 ?? 68 cm
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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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