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Eustache Le Sueur - Minerva Presenting Two Portraits to Apollo

Minerva Presenting Two Portraits to Apollo (17th century)

Eustache Le Sueur (French, 1616/17 - 1655)
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Eustache Le Sueur

Eustache Le Sueur or Lesueur was a French artist and one of the founders of the French Academy of Painting. He is known primarily for his paintings of religious subjects. He was a leading exponent of the neoclassical style of Parisian Atticism.

He was born in Paris, where he spent his entire life. His father, Cathelin Le Sueur, a turner and sculptor in wood, placed him with Vouet, in whose studio he rapidly distinguished himself.

Admitted at an early age into the guild of master-painters, he left them to take part in establishing the French Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in 1648 and was elected as one of the original twelve elders in charge of its administration.

Some paintings, illustrative of the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, which were reproduced in tapestry, brought him notice, and his reputation was further enhanced by a series of decorations (Louvre) in the mansion of Lambert de Thorigny, which he left uncompleted, for their execution was frequently interrupted by other commissions. Amongst these were several pictures for the apartments of the king and queen in the Louvre, which are now missing, although they were entered in Bailly's inventory (1710); but several works produced for minor patrons have come down to us.

In the gallery of the Louvre are the Angel and Hagar, from the mansion of De Tonnay Charente; Tobias and Tobit, from the Fieubet collection; several pictures executed for the church of Saint Gervais; the Martyrdom of St Lawrence, from Saint Germain de l'Auxerrois; two very fine works from the destroyed abbey of Marmoutiers; St Paul preaching at Ephesus, one of Le Sueur's most complete and thorough performances, painted for the goldsmiths corporation in 1649; and his famous series of the Life of St Bruno, executed in the cloister of the Chartreux. These last have more personal character than anything else Le Sueur produced, and much of their original beauty survives in spite of injuries and restorations and removal from the wall to canvas. Le Sueur was a prolific draftsman and many of his chalk drawings are in the Louvre's Cabinet des Dessins.

His pupils, who aided him much in his work, were his wife's brother, Theodore Goussé, and three brothers of his own, as well as Claude Lefèbvre and Pierre Patel the landscape painter. Most of his works have been engraved, chiefly by Picart, B. Audran, Leclerc, Drevet, Chauveau, Poilly and Desplaces.

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Man Destroying Book

Man Destroying Book (1700s)

Eustache Le Sueur (French, 1616/17 - 1655)
Marine Gods Paying Homage To Love

Marine Gods Paying Homage To Love (About 1636–1638)

Eustache Le Sueur (French, 1616/17 - 1655)
Study for Priest Bearing Crozier

Study for Priest Bearing Crozier

Eustache Le Sueur (French, 1616/17 - 1655)
Study for the figure of Astasius

Study for the figure of Astasius (1652)

Eustache Le Sueur (French, 1616/17 - 1655)
Study for Saint Louis Healing the Sick

Study for Saint Louis Healing the Sick (c. 1654)

Eustache Le Sueur (French, 1616/17 - 1655)
Polyphilus And Polia Accompanied By Nymphs On Island Of Cythera

Polyphilus And Polia Accompanied By Nymphs On Island Of Cythera

Eustache Le Sueur (French, 1616/17 - 1655)
Die Predigt des Heiligen Paulus in Ephesus

Die Predigt des Heiligen Paulus in Ephesus (ca. 1649)

Eustache Le Sueur (French, 1616/17 - 1655)
Design for a Medallion; Huntress Kneeling before an Armed Goddess

Design for a Medallion; Huntress Kneeling before an Armed Goddess (17th century)

Eustache Le Sueur (French, 1616/17 - 1655)
A Judge and Two Gentlemen Lawyers

A Judge and Two Gentlemen Lawyers

Eustache Le Sueur (French, 1616/17 - 1655)
Die Predigt des Heiligen Paulus in Ephesus

Die Predigt des Heiligen Paulus in Ephesus (ca 1639)

Eustache Le Sueur (French, 1616/17 - 1655)
The Rape of Tamar

The Rape of Tamar (probably ca. 1640)

Eustache Le Sueur (French, 1616/17 - 1655)
Two Angels

Two Angels (17th century)

Eustache Le Sueur (French, 1616/17 - 1655)
Study for Saint Gervasius

Study for Saint Gervasius (ca. 1652)

Eustache Le Sueur (French, 1616/17 - 1655)
God the Father

God the Father (mid-17th century)

Eustache Le Sueur (French, 1616/17 - 1655)
Salomon und die Königin von Saba

Salomon und die Königin von Saba (ca 1650)

Eustache Le Sueur (French, 1616/17 - 1655)
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