Nicolas-Pierre Loir
Illustration — Portrait by Jean Tiger, 1675 Nicolas Pierre Loir (1624 – 1679) was a French painter and engraver of religious and historical allegories.
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Nicolas-Pierre Loir
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- Full name
- Nicolas Pierre Loir.
- Born
- 1624. · Paris.
- Died
- 1679. · Paris.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- painter, printmaker, goldsmith, draftsperson, engraver and artist.
- Languages
- French.
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Illustration — Portrait by Jean Tiger, 1675 Nicolas Pierre Loir (1624 – 1679) was a French painter and engraver of religious and historical allegories.
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The recorded working language is French. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris and Italy. Work by Nicolas-Pierre Loir is recorded in the collections of Nationalmuseum, Art Institute of Chicago, Yale University Art Gallery, Fitzwilliam Museum and Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest.
• Illustration — Kleobis and Biton. • Illustration — Holy Family Loir was born and died in Paris. According to the RKD he was a pupil of Sébastien Bourdon and Simon Vouet, who later became a follower of Nicolas Poussin. He travelled to Italy in the years 1647–1649, and in 1650 was back in Paris. In 1669 his pupil François de Troy married his sister-in-law, Jeanne Cotelle. Roger de Piles included him in his list of notable French artists, noting that he was the son of a goldsmith and a very good draughtsman.
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