Pierre L'Enfant

Training under Charles Parrocel is recorded. Pierre Charles L’Enfant is recorded as having studied under Pierre L'Enfant. The recorded working language is French. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Work by Pierre L'Enfant is recorded in the collections of Musée de l'Histoire de France and Palace of Versailles.

• Name — Pierre Nicolas L'Enfant • Born — 26 August 1704 • Birthplace — Anet, France • Died — 23 June 1787 • Place of death — Paris, France • Education — Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture • Spouse — Marie Charlotte Luillier • Children — Pierre Charles L'Enfant

L'Enfant was born in Anet on August 26, 1704. After studying under Charles Parrocel, he was admitted as an adémicien to the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in 1745. His specialties were battle scenes and landscapes; his most famous of his paintings were those depicting the War of the Austrian Succession, especially a series of panoramas tracing the war in the Low Countries between 1744 and 1748. He married Marie Charlotte Luillier, the daughter of a French military officer. Together, they had three children: Pierre Joseph (1752–1758) and Pierre Charles (1754–1825) and a daughter. L'Enfant was an instructor to his son while he was enrolled in the academy from 1771 to 1776. He died in the Gobelins district of Paris on June 23, 1787. L'Enfant left Pierre Charles a farm in Normandy as part of his inheritance, but his son didn't take the necessary steps to officially assume ownership and manage it. The Palace of Versailles has four of his paintings, Prise de Menin, Siège de Fribourg, Siège de Tournai, and Siège de Mons.

• Illustration — Battle of Fontenoy, 1745 • Illustration — Battle of Fontenoy, 1745 • Illustration — Battle of Lauffeldt, 1747 • Illustration — Viiew of Chanteloup taken from the gates of the Spanish route. 1762 • Illustration — Study of Hands, Cleveland Museum of Art • Illustration — Sketch of Man on Horseback, Art Institute of Chicago

The authorities additionally record the headings Pierre Lenfant, l'Enfant, Lenfant and L'Enfant. His recorded language was French. One child is recorded: Pierre Charles L’Enfant.

Mémoire sur la transmission du virus vénérien de la mère à l'enfant / [Vassal (Pierre-Gérard)]. Recorded as painter.