Louis Jean-Jacques Durameau
Illustration — Louis Jean-Jacques Durameau, Plafond painting in the Royal Opera of Versailles, ca. 1770 Louis Jean-Jacques Durameau (Paris, 5 October 1733- Versailles, 3 September 1796) was a French painter.
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Louis Jean-Jacques Durameau
Louis Jean-Jacques Durameau · Public domain
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- 1733 · Paris.
- Died
- 1796 · Versailles.
- Nationality
- France
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- painter · draftsperson
- Honours
- Prix de Rome
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — Louis Jean-Jacques Durameau, Plafond painting in the Royal Opera of Versailles, ca. 1770 Louis Jean-Jacques Durameau (Paris, 5 October 1733- Versailles, 3 September 1796) was a French painter.
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Louis-François Aubry and Jacques-François Momal are recorded as having studied under Louis Jean-Jacques Durameau. The recorded working language is French. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris, Versailles and Rome. Employment is recorded with Beaux-Arts de Paris. Work by Louis Jean-Jacques Durameau is recorded in the collections of Nationalmuseum, Städel Museum, Museum of Grenoble, Francisque Mandet Museum and Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. Distinctions recorded are Prix de Rome.
A son of Jacques Durameau (master printer in intaglio) and Marie Rocou (or Rocan), he was intended for an engraver by his father and trained in drawing at the studio of the sculptor Jean-Baptiste Defernex. He then entered the studio of Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre. In 1757, he won the Grand prix de Rome, with the subject Élie ressuscite le fils de la Sunamite. He died at the age of 62 of a pulmonary congestion after a trip to Paris on foot.
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Louis Jean-Jacques Durameau, Elie ressuscite la fille de la sunnamite, 1757, Paris, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts
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1733
Louis Jean-Jacques Durameau born at Paris.
1796
Louis Jean-Jacques Durameau died at Versailles.
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The authorities additionally record the headings Louis-Jean-Jacques Durameau, Louis Jean Jacques Durameau, Louis Jean Jacques Du Rameau, Louis-Jacques Durameau and Louis Jean Jacques Rameau. His recorded language was French. Formation and teaching. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style. Durameau received Prix de Rome.
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Nationalmuseum, Städel Museum, Museum of Grenoble and Francisque Mandet Museum
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