Eustache Le Sueur

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French classical painter human painter

Eustache Le Sueur was a 17th-century French painter, often regarded as one of the founders of the French classical school and noted for his religious and historical works.

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French classical painter → human → painter →
artisticTraining	studio of Simon Vouet →
basedIn	Paris →
burialPlace	Paris →
centuryOfActivity	17th century →
commissionedBy	French nobility → French religious institutions →
countryOfCitizenship	France →
dateOfBirth	1617 →
dateOfDeath	1655 →
fieldOfWork	painting →
genre	history painting → religious painting →
influencedBy	Nicolas Poussin →
languageOfWorkOrName	French →
memberOf	Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture →
movement	Classicism → French classical school →
name	Eustache Le Sueur →
nationality	French →
notableSeries	Life of Saint Bruno cycle at the Chartreuse de Paris →
notableWork	Clio, Muse of History → Melpomene, Muse of Tragedy → Saint Paul in Prison → The Annunciation → The Descent from the Cross → The Life of Saint Bruno → The Muses → The Preaching of Saint Paul at Ephesus → The Rape of Tamar → Urania, Muse of Astronomy →
notedFor	historical works → religious works →
occupation	painter →
placeOfBirth	Kingdom of France → Paris →
placeOfDeath	Kingdom of France → Paris →
positionHeld	founder of the French classical school →
religiousTheme	Catholic iconography →
sexOrGender	male →
style	classical style →
workLocation	Paris →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture →	hadMember
Old Masters →	hasNotableExample
Jean-François Millet →	influencedBy
Eustache Le Sueur →	name