Nicolas de Largillière

(1656–1746) fransk målare

Nicolas de Largillière (France, 1656–1746) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Nicolas de Largillière belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.

Nicolas de Largillière was born in Paris and died in Paris. Nicolas de Largillière studied under Anton Goubau. Nicolas de Largillière worked in Great Britain, Antwerp, Great Britain, and Paris. Wikidata associates Nicolas de Largillière with Baroque. Nicolas de Largillière became a member of Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. The students included Jean-Baptiste Descamps and Johann Christian Fiedler.

One of the best-known works is ‘The Marquise de Fortia’. The works belong mainly to the genres history painting and portrait. The catalogue has 154 works by Nicolas de Largillière with free images. The dated works span the years 1650–1750. Works by Nicolas de Largillière are held by several collections, among them Département des peintures du Louvre, Collection Georges de Lastic, Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie, and Bowes Museum. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Baroque’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Louis Abraham van Loo, Louis de Boullogne d.y., David von Krafft, Abraham Godyn, and Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach.

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