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 Allegory on the Death of the Dauphin oil painting


Allegory on the Death of the Dauphin
Painting ID::  66681 		Artist: Louis Jean Francois Lagrenee
Painting: Allegory on the Death of the Dauphin
Introduction: Oil on canvas 129 x 97 cm 1765
   
   
     
Louis Jean Francois Lagrenee The Abduction of Deianeira by the Centaur Nessus oil painting


The Abduction of Deianeira by the Centaur Nessus
Painting ID::  70456 		Artist: Louis Jean Francois Lagrenee
Painting: The Abduction of Deianeira by the Centaur Nessus
Introduction: Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions Expression error: Missing operand for *157 ?? 185 cm
   
   
     
Louis Jean Francois Lagrenee Apelles verliebt sich in die Geliebte Alexander des Groben oil painting


Apelles verliebt sich in die Geliebte Alexander des Groben
Painting ID::  70465 		Artist: Louis Jean Francois Lagrenee
Painting: Apelles verliebt sich in die Geliebte Alexander des Groben
Introduction: Medium Oil on copper Dimensions 42,9 x 35 cm
   
   
     
Louis Jean Francois Lagrenee Allegory on the Death of the Dauphin oil painting


Allegory on the Death of the Dauphin
Painting ID::  70721 		Artist: Louis Jean Francois Lagrenee
Painting: Allegory on the Death of the Dauphin
Introduction: Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 129 x 97 cm
   
   
     
Louis Jean Francois Lagrenee Allegory on the Installation of the Museum in the Grande Galerie of the Louvre oil painting


Allegory on the Installation of the Museum in the Grande Galerie of the Louvre
Painting ID::  70751 		Artist: Louis Jean Francois Lagrenee
Painting: Allegory on the Installation of the Museum in the Grande Galerie of the Louvre
Introduction: Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions Expression error: Missing operand for *52 ?? 68 cm
   
   
     
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     (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.