Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain
Illustration — Portrait of Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain by Peder Als, 1764, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. • Illustration — "Architectural Fantasy with Fountain and Obelisk" by Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain, c.a. 1745 Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain (1715, Paris – 1760) was a French painter and engraver. He studied design and engraving with Jacques Dumont.
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Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain
Peder Als · Public domain
- Died
- sources differ (1759 and 1760). · Saint Petersburg.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- architect, painter and printmaker.
- Languages
- French.
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Illustration — Portrait of Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain by Peder Als, 1764, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. • Illustration — "Architectural Fantasy with Fountain and Obelisk" by Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain, c.a. 1745 Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain (1715, Paris – 1760) was a French painter and engraver. He studied design and engraving with Jacques Dumont.
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He then moved to Rome, becoming known in artistic circles before returning to Paris to join the Academy. He painted devotional canvases with vigorous touch. He engraved with acquaforte some of his own compositions. He also engraved the following paintings by Jean-Francois de Troy: the Judgement of Solomon, Solomon sacrifices to the idols of his concubine, Esther and Assuerus, and Death of Cleopatra. Among his disciples was Fyodor Rokotov. His son, Jean-Baptiste Le Lorrain, was an engraver. He was born in Paris in 1737. Apprenticed to his father, his prints include: Chauville in tragedy of Calas by De Lorme; Venus at Judgement of Paris, by Boucher; the Tranquil Wave by Vernet; Homage to Love by Van Loo; and seven scenes of the Life of St Gregory.
Jean-Michel Moreau is recorded as having studied under Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain. The recorded working language is French. Places of work recorded in the authority are Italy, Paris and Saint Petersburg. Work by Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain is recorded in the collections of Nationalmuseum, Art Institute of Chicago, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg and Musée Fabre.
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1715
Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain born at Paris.
1759
Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain died at Saint Petersburg.
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- Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain (1715-1759), Revue de l'art, 1978
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