Charles de La Fosse

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French Baroque painter painter person

Charles de La Fosse was a prominent French Baroque painter known for his decorative ceiling and religious works, and for helping transition French art toward the Rococo style.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French Baroque painter → painter → person →
activeIn	Ancien Régime France →
birthCountry	France →
birthDate	1636-06-15 →
birthPlace	Paris →
commissionedBy	Louis XIV →
deathCountry	France →
deathDate	1716-12-13 →
deathPlace	Paris →
era	17th century → early 18th century →
genre	allegorical painting → mythological painting → religious art →
influenced	French Rococo painters →
influencedBy	Charles Le Brun → Paolo Veronese → Titian → Venetian painting →
knownFor	decorative ceiling paintings → helping transition French art toward the Rococo style → history paintings → religious paintings →
memberOf	Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture →
movement	Baroque → Rococo →
name	Charles de La Fosse NERFINISHED →
nationality	French →
notableWork	Ceiling decoration of the Salon d’Apollon, Louvre → Ceiling of the dome of the Invalides church, Paris → The Adoration of the Magi → The Finding of Moses → The Rape of Proserpine →
occupation	decorative artist → painter →
patron	French royal court →
positionHeld	director of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture →
studentOf	Charles Le Brun →
style	colorist → decorative →
workLocation	London → Paris → Rome → Venice → Versailles →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture →	hadMember
Royal Chapel of Versailles →	paintingDecorationBy