Jacques d'Agar
Jacques d'Agar (Danish: Jacob d'Agar; 9 March 1640 – 16 November 1715) was a French portrait painter born in Paris. He was a pupil of Jacob Ferdinand Voet. He began his career as a history painter, but soon abandoned it for portraiture, a branch of art in which he became very successful.
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Jacques d'Agar
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- Born
- 1640. · Paris.
- Nationality
- France and Kingdom of Denmark.
- Occupation
- painter.
- Fields
- portrait.
- Teachers
- Jacob Ferdinand Voet and Pierre Mignard I.
- Languages
- French.
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Jacques d'Agar (Danish: Jacob d'Agar; 9 March 1640 – 16 November 1715) was a French portrait painter born in Paris. He was a pupil of Jacob Ferdinand Voet. He began his career as a history painter, but soon abandoned it for portraiture, a branch of art in which he became very successful.
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In 1675, d'Agar was admitted into the Academy and also became painter-in-ordinary to the king and his court. Upon the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1682, d'Agar, as a Protestant, was shut out from the Academy. He accordingly left France, never to return. D'Agar was invited to the court of Denmark, and was greatly patronized by King Christian V. His self-portrait is in the Galleria degli Uffizi in Florence, having been painted for Cosimo III de' Medici in 1693, at the request of King Christian. Horace Walpole stated that d'Agar visited England, where he resided for some time, and met with success. He painted the portraits of several members of the British nobility during Queen Anne's reign, including the Duchess of Montagu, the Countesses of Rochfort and Sunderland, Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, and others. A portrait of Charles II, by him, is said to have been formerly in the Gallery at Christiansborg Palace. He died in 1716 in Copenhagen. His son Charles d'Agar also became a portrait painter.
Training under Jacob Ferdinand Voet and Pierre Mignard I is recorded. The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Work by Jacques d'Agar is recorded in the collections of Nationalmuseum, National Portrait Gallery of Sweden, Statens Museum for Kunst, National Library of Wales and Rosenborg Castle.
Monochromatic portrait of a man. He is shown from the waist up, his body tilted to the left and looking at the viewer. He has a gray shirt with a lighter gray piece of fabric around his shoulders and a white collar made of two pieces of fabric. He has white shoulder-length curly hair. The background is gray. There are two lines of black text centered below the image and text in the bottom left and
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• Illustration — Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark, painting by d'Agar, about 1690 • Illustration — Christian V of Denmark, painting by d'Agar
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1640
Jacques d'Agar born at Paris.
1715
Jacques d'Agar died at Copenhagen.
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- 1.Bryan, 1886
- 2.RKD. Explore Jacques d' Agar.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 8
- Agar, Jacques d'.
- Brême, Dominique. Agar, Jacques d'. The Dictionary of Art. Grove's Dictionaries. 1. 449. 1996. 1-884446-00-0.
- Bénézit, Emmanuel. Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Gründ. 1. 149. 2006. 2-7000-3070-2.
- Brême, Dominique. Agar, Jacques d'. The Dictionary of Art. Grove's Dictionaries. 1. 449. 1996. 1-884446-00-0.
- Du Bus, Charles. Agar (Jacob ou Jacques d'). Dictionnaire de biographie française. Letouzey et Ané. 1. col. 685–686. 1933. 492149976.
- Saur. Agar, Jacques d'. Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon. 1. 494. 1992. 3-598-22741-8.
- Lespinasse, P. Jacques d'Agar: portraitiste des rois de Danemark. Gazette des Beaux-Arts. 5. 15. 241–249. April 1927.
- Røder, Andreas. Agar, Jacques d'. Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler. W. Engelmann. 1. 112. 1907. 1292069254.
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The authorities additionally record the headings Jacob d' Agar, Jacques d' Agar, D. Agar, Jacob Dager and Chevalier D'Agar. One child is recorded: Charles d'Agar. Recorded as painter.
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Nationalmuseum, National Portrait Gallery of Sweden, Statens Museum for Kunst and National Library of Wales
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