Étienne Allegrain
Illustration — Classical landscape with staffage, painted in Poussin's style (Wilanów Palace in Warsaw). Étienne Allegrain (1644 – 2 April 1736) was a French topographical painter. Inspired by Nicolas Poussin, he evoked still ambiences and atmospherics bathed in a deep play of light and shade. His grand-son Christophe-Gabriel Allegrain became a famous sculptor.
Also recorded as Etienne Allegrain · Etienne Allegrin · père Allegrin · Allegrin père
Étienne Allegrain
Étienne Allegrain / Formerly attributed to Jan van Huysum · Own work (BurgererSF) · Public domain
- Born
- 1644 · Paris.
- Died
- 1736 · Paris.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- painter · copper engraver · etcher · artist
- Fields
- landscape
- Languages
- French
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Born at Paris in 1644, died in Paris in 1736.
The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are landscape. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Positions recorded include court painter. Work by Étienne Allegrain is recorded in the collections of Hermitage Museum, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dole, Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Davis Museum and Cultural Center and Bowes Museum.
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