Nicolas Lagneau
Illustration — Grotesque Man Wearing a Turban by Nicolas Lagneau, Bibliothèque nationale de France Nicolas Lagneau (fl c. 1600–1650) was a French draftsman noted for his portrait drawings. He was especially interested in grotesque physiognomies, which he drew in meticulous detail either from models or his imagination.
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Nicolas Lagneau
Nicolas Lagneau · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Dudley P. Allen Fund · CC0
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- France
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- caricaturist · painter
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- portrait
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- French
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His drawings are usually executed in black and red chalk, sometimes with the addition of blue or yellow gouache. In their heightened realism, and emphasis on facial expressions, wrinkles, and deformities, Lagneau's portraits reveal the influence of Rembrandt's early works. Lagneau is not known to have painted. His drawn portraits, which were widely copied and imitated in his time, attest to a fashion for drawings of "expressive faces", which were assembled into albums by collectors. Lagneau's drawings are plentiful in French and US museums.
The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Work by Nicolas Lagneau is recorded in the collections of Nationalmuseum, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, National Gallery of Canada, Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) and Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.
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Nicolas Lagneau, a draughtsman and painter, was born in 1550 and died in 1630. Both events are recorded by the Getty Union List of Artist Names.
Portrait of an Old Man, 1600s(?), by Nicolas Lagneau
Nicolas Lagneau · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony R. Michel in honor of Diane De Grazia and Carter E. Foster
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