Bon Boullogne

Louis de Silvestre and Louis de Boullogne are recorded as having studied under Bon Boullogne. The recorded working language is French. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Works named in the authority record are Emigration of the Tectosages. Work by Bon Boullogne is recorded in the collections of Nationalmuseum, Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Arras and Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours. Distinctions recorded are Prix de Rome.

• Name — Bon Boullogne • Born — 22 February 1649 • Birthplace — Paris, Kingdom of France • Died — 17 May 1717 • Place of death — Paris, Kingdom of France • Known for — Painting • Father — Louis Boullogne • Relatives — * Geneviève Boullogne (sister) • Madeleine Boullogne (sister) • Louis de Boullogne (brother) • Illustration — Tobias and Tobit, c. 1705, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille

• Illustration — Neptune bringing Amphitrite in his marine chariot by Bon Boullogne (Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours) Boullogne was born in Paris, a son of the painter Louis Boullogne; he was regarded as the most gifted of his children. He took his first lessons from his father, whom he is thought to have assisted in the Grande Galerie of the Louvre. Through his father, who presented a half-length figure of St John by Bon to Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Contrôleur Général des Finances, he was sent to the Académie de France in Rome as a Pensionnaire du Roi. In this capacity, he made copies of famous works, in particular some frescoes by Raphael in the Vatican Loggie, intended for reproduction as Gobelins tapestries. The period he then spent in Lombardy helped to complete his training. He studied the work of Antonio da Correggio and the Annibale Carracci, as well as Guido Reni, Domenichino and Francesco Albani. Bon’s painting, especially the mythological work, shows great affinities with the work of the Bolognese school, which was also to be found in the royal collections. Also of influence to Bon was Nordic art, as demonstrated in his female portraits framed by plant like motifs, a device taken up by his pupil Robert Tournières. He died in Paris.