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