Nicolas de Largillière

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Nicolas de Largillière was a prominent French Baroque portrait painter renowned for his richly detailed and elegant depictions of aristocrats and notable figures of his time.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque painter
French Baroque artist
human
painter
portrait painter
activeYearsEnd 1740
activeYearsStart 1670
artisticFocus depiction of luxurious fabrics and textures
representation of social status in portraiture
burialPlace Paris
countryOfCitizenship France
dateOfBirth 1656-10-10
dateOfDeath 1746-03-20
era Ancien Régime France
fieldOfWork history painting
portrait painting
religious painting
genre portrait
influenced 18th-century French portraiture
influencedBy Anthony van Dyck
Peter Paul Rubens
knownFor elegant depictions of aristocrats
portraits of notable figures
richly detailed portraits
languageOfWorkOrName French
memberOf Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture
movement Baroque
French Baroque
name Nicolas de Largillière
nationality French
notableFor portrait painting
notableStudent Jean-Marc Nattier
notableWork Portrait of Charles Le Brun
Portrait of the Duchess of Berry
Portrait of the Family of Louis XIV
Self-Portrait with Family
occupation painter
patron French aristocracy
Louis XIV court circles
placeOfBirth Kingdom of France
Paris
placeOfDeath Kingdom of France
Paris
positionHeld director of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture
sexOrGender male
style Baroque
workLocation Paris

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