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Jean Baptiste van Loo
Flemish Painter, 1684-1745
was a French subject and portrait painter. He was born in Aix-en-Provence, and was instructed in art by his father Louis-Abraham van Loo, son of Jacob van Loo. Having at an early age executed several pictures for the decoration of the church and public buildings at Aix, he was employed on similar work at Toulon, which he was obliged to leave during the siege of 1707. He was patronized by the prince of Carignan, who sent him to Rome, where he studied under Benedetto Luti. Here he was much employed on church pictures, and in particular executed a greatly praised Scourging of Christ for St Maria in Monticelli. At Turin he painted Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy and several members of his court. Then, moving to Paris, where he was elected a member of the Acad??mie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture, he executed various altar-pieces and restored the works of Francesco Primaticcio at Fontainebleau. In 1737 he went to England, where he attracted attention by his portrait of Colley Cibber and of Owen McSwiny, the theatrical manager; the latter, like many other of van Loo's works, was engraved in mezzotint by John Faber Junior. He also painted Sir Robert Walpole, whose portrait by van Loo in his robes as chancellor of the exchequer is in the National Portrait Gallery, London, and the prince and princess of Wales. He did not, however, practise long in England, for his health failing he retired to Paris in 1742, and afterwards to Aix, where he died on 19 December 1745.
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Portrait of Louis XV of France
18th century
Medium Oil on canvas
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Painting ID:: 80123
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Portrait_of_Louis_XV_of_France
18th century
Medium Oil on canvas
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Portrait of Louis XV of France
1728(1728)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 304 x 180 cm (119.7 x 70.9 in)
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Painting ID:: 80156
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Portrait_of_Louis_XV_of_France
1728(1728)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 304 x 180 cm (119.7 x 70.9 in)
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William Frederick of Orange Nassau
1838(1838)
Medium Oil
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Painting ID:: 80835
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William_Frederick_of_Orange_Nassau
1838(1838)
Medium Oil
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Princess Amellia of Great Britain
1738(1738)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 125 x 97 cm (49.2 x 38.2 in)
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Painting ID:: 82906
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Princess_Amellia_of_Great_Britain
1738(1738)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 125 x 97 cm (49.2 x 38.2 in)
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Portrait of King Louis XV
Date c 1727
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Painting ID:: 83482
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Date c 1727
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Jean_Baptiste_van_Loo
Flemish Painter, 1684-1745
was a French subject and portrait painter. He was born in Aix-en-Provence, and was instructed in art by his father Louis-Abraham van Loo, son of Jacob van Loo. Having at an early age executed several pictures for the decoration of the church and public buildings at Aix, he was employed on similar work at Toulon, which he was obliged to leave during the siege of 1707. He was patronized by the prince of Carignan, who sent him to Rome, where he studied under Benedetto Luti. Here he was much employed on church pictures, and in particular executed a greatly praised Scourging of Christ for St Maria in Monticelli. At Turin he painted Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy and several members of his court. Then, moving to Paris, where he was elected a member of the Acad??mie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture, he executed various altar-pieces and restored the works of Francesco Primaticcio at Fontainebleau. In 1737 he went to England, where he attracted attention by his portrait of Colley Cibber and of Owen McSwiny, the theatrical manager; the latter, like many other of van Loo's works, was engraved in mezzotint by John Faber Junior. He also painted Sir Robert Walpole, whose portrait by van Loo in his robes as chancellor of the exchequer is in the National Portrait Gallery, London, and the prince and princess of Wales. He did not, however, practise long in England, for his health failing he retired to Paris in 1742, and afterwards to Aix, where he died on 19 December 1745.
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