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Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée - Mercury, Herse and Aglaura

Mercury, Herse and Aglaura (1767)

Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée (French, 1724 - 1805)
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Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée

Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée (aka Lagrenée the elder ) was a French rococo painter and student of Carle van Loo . He won the Grand Prix ​​de Rome for painting in 1749 and was elected a member of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture in 1755. His younger brother Jean-Jacques Lagrenée (aka Lagrenée the younger ) was also a painter.

Lagrenée was born in Paris on 30 December 1724 and from an early age he showed promise in drawing and painting . During his youth, master painter members of the French Royal Academy offered a rolling program of courses, open to the public (for a small fee), in life drawing and the principles and techniques of art. These courses gave academy members a chance to identify and nurture six of the most gifted young students in any given year and offer them a place on a scheme known as the Royal School of Protected Students , a scheme which offered free tuition with a small stipend , for three years, preparing students for Prix ​​de Rome competitions.After being selected for and completing this three-year program, under the tutelage of Carle van Loo, Lagrenée won the Grand Prix de Rome on his first attempt in 1749, with the painting Joseph interpreting the dreams of Pharaoh (now lost).

As a student at the French Academy in Rome , Lagrenée developed a "Formative if youthful fixation with Baroque painting ". Above all, Lagrenée was inspired by the Bolognese School , particularly by the work of Guido Reni (1575–1642) and Francesco Albani (1578–1660). Later in his career, Lagrenée acquired the epithet 'the French Albani' ( l'Albane Francais ).

After returning from Rome in 1753, Lagrenée set to work on a large painting - The abduction of Dejaneira by the centaur Nessus (musée du Louvre ) - which, when finished in 1755, was the reception piece which earned him membership of the Académie de peinture and sculpture , by a unanimous vote. By this time, Lagrenée was already considered something of a celebrity.

Lagrenée's career blossomed in Paris, by completing many commissions for eminent patrons and members of a flourishing new financial community as well as submitting regular entries to Paris salon exhibitions. His reputation caught the attention of Elizabeth Petrovna , Empress of Russia, who, in 1760, appointed him to the office of the director of the Academy at St. Petersburg and that of her principle painter.
Paris
After only two years in Russia, Lagrenée returned to Paris to take up the appointment of professor-rector of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture .
Rome
Lagrenée spent the years between 1781 and 1787 at the Villa Medici in Rome, in his capacity as director of the French Academy ( Académie de France à Rome ).
Paris
A final return to Paris saw Lagrenée appointed to the position of honorary curator-director (administration) of the Louvre museum, a position which he held until his death in 1805.

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Mercure apportant Jupiter aux nymphes Melisses

Mercure apportant Jupiter aux nymphes Melisses (1878)

Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée (French, 1724 - 1805)
Ubalde et le chevalier Danois

Ubalde et le chevalier Danois (1785)

Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée (French, 1724 - 1805)
The Abduction Of Deianeira By The Centaur Nessus

The Abduction Of Deianeira By The Centaur Nessus (1755)

Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée (French, 1724 - 1805)
Portrait of Alexandrine-Julie Vaudoyer, daughter of the painter and wife of the architect Antoine-Laurent Vaudoyer

Portrait of Alexandrine-Julie Vaudoyer, daughter of the painter and wife of the architect Antoine-Laurent Vaudoyer

Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée (French, 1724 - 1805)
Two Nymphs

Two Nymphs

Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée (French, 1724 - 1805)
The union of painting and sculpture

The union of painting and sculpture (1768)

Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée (French, 1724 - 1805)
The Centaur Chiron Instructing Achilles

The Centaur Chiron Instructing Achilles

Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée (French, 1724 - 1805)
L’Amour à l’affût

L’Amour à l’affût

Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée (French, 1724 - 1805)
l’unione di pittura e scultura

l’unione di pittura e scultura (1768)

Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée (French, 1724 - 1805)
Drapery Study of a Woman with an Outstretched Arm

Drapery Study of a Woman with an Outstretched Arm (ca. 1770–80)

Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée (French, 1724 - 1805)
The Resurrection

The Resurrection (ca. 1760)

Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée (French, 1724 - 1805)
Cérès ou l’Agriculture

Cérès ou l’Agriculture (1770)

Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée (French, 1724 - 1805)
Alexander Consulting the Oracle of Apollo

Alexander Consulting the Oracle of Apollo (1789)

Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée (French, 1724 - 1805)
Landscape With Salmacis and Hermaphroditus

Landscape With Salmacis and Hermaphroditus (1773)

Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée (French, 1724 - 1805)
The Rape Of Europa

The Rape Of Europa

Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée (French, 1724 - 1805)
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