Jacques-Laurent Agasse

Jacques-Laurent Agasse
Firmin Massot, Public domain

(1767–1849) painter (1767-1849)

Jacques-Laurent Agasse (1767–1849) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Jacques-Laurent Agasse belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.

Jacques-Laurent Agasse was born in Geneva and died in London. Jacques-Laurent Agasse worked in Geneva, Paris, London, and Paris.

One of the best-known works is ‘The Playground’. The works belong mainly to the genre landscape painting. The catalogue has 56 works by Jacques-Laurent Agasse with free images. The dated works span the years 1794–1850. Works by Jacques-Laurent Agasse are held by several collections, among them Yale Center for British Art, Hunterian Museum, Museum Oskar Reinhart am Stadtgarten, and Royal Collection.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include William Alexander, Henri-François Riesener, Józef Peszka, Edward Dodwell, and Jeanne-Elisabeth Chaudet.