France. 1686 - 1755
Figure, genre, landscape and allegorical painting, tapestry design
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1661 Champignelles - 1743 Paris. Known for: Still-life paintngs.
Alexander-Francois Desportes painted the Déjeuner maigre ('The Fish Repast') in 1739, he had been the leading court painter in France of animals, hunts and opulent tabletop still lifes for almost... Read full biography
Alexander-Francois Desportes painted the Déjeuner maigre ('The Fish Repast') in 1739, he had been the leading court painter in France of animals, hunts and opulent tabletop still lifes for almost forty years. Received into the Académie Royale in 1699 as an animalier, he quickly became a favorite... Read full biography
Alexander-Francois Desportes painted the Déjeuner maigre ('The Fish Repast') in 1739, he had been the leading court painter in France of animals, hunts and opulent tabletop still lifes for almost forty years. Received into the Académie Royale in 1699 as an animalier, he quickly became a favorite painter to Louis XIV and Louis XV, admired and depended upon for his diverse abilities and technical proficiency. Within a few years, his many hunt scenes, trompe-l'oeil trophies, portraits of the... Read full biography
Alexander-Francois Desportes painted the Déjeuner maigre ('The Fish Repast') in 1739, he had been the leading court painter in France of animals, hunts and opulent tabletop still lifes for almost forty years. Received into the Académie Royale in 1699 as an animalier, he quickly became a favorite painter to Louis XIV and Louis XV, admired and depended upon for his diverse abilities and technical proficiency. Within a few years, his many hunt scenes, trompe-l'oeil trophies, portraits of the king's hounds and studies of the exotic animals in the Ménagerie, were decorating the walls of the royal châteaux of Versailles, Marly, Meudon and Fontainebleau, as well as the hôtels particulier of the Parisian beau monde. Trained in the Flemish... Read full biography
Alexander-Francois Desportes painted the Déjeuner maigre ('The Fish Repast') in 1739, he had been the leading court painter in France of animals, hunts and opulent tabletop still lifes for almost forty years. Received into the Académie Royale in 1699 as an animalier, he quickly became a favorite painter to Louis XIV and Louis XV, admired and depended upon for his diverse abilities and technical proficiency. Within a few years, his many hunt scenes, trompe-l'oeil trophies, portraits of the king's hounds and studies of the exotic animals in the Ménagerie, were decorating the walls of the royal châteaux of Versailles, Marly, Meudon and Fontainebleau, as well as the hôtels particulier of the Parisian beau monde. Trained in the Flemish tradition of hunt painting by a pupil of Frans Snyders, he introduced the successful formulae of Snyders and P... Read full biography
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Slaying of the stag
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Self-portrait as a hunter in a landscape
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STILL LIFE OF PLUMS IN A BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN BOWL TOGETHER WITH PEACHES,A PARTRIDGE AND A WOODCOCK AND A HANGING MALLARD, ALL ON A STONE LEDGE WITH A RED AND GOLD BROCADE HANGING TO THE LEFT
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Caravaggio-influenced painting
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Flora, fauna, portrait and religious painting, design
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Figure, religious, allegorical painting
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Portrait, mythology, allegorical and history painting, book illustration design, drawing
France, Italy. c. 1600 - 1682
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Flemish. 1623 - 1658
Still life and vanitas painting
Italy. 1616 - 1686
Religious figure, portrait and still life painting
Belgium. 1597 - 1655
Baroque painting, drawing, engraving
Spain. 1598 - 1664
Baroque religious themed painting, figures and still life
Belgium, England. 1599 - 1641
Court portrait and religious painting, etching
Italy. 1503 - 1577
Renaissance Christian religiouis painting, Virgin Mary and Saint figures, fresco
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Neo-classic mountain landscape paintings
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Landscape and river scene painting
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Court painter to the king, palace decorative art, tapestry desing
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Portrait painting of kings and other royal family members
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Landscape, figure, genre painting
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Mythology and religious figure painting, church ceiling frescoes
Netherlands. 1558 - 1617
Engraving, drawing, mannerist painting, chalk portraits
Italy, England. 1700 - 1777
Panoramic town-and landscape views and architectural painting, stage sets
Italy. 1560 - 1609
Baroque religious genre and figure painting
France. 1707 - 1771
Painting
Pennsylvania / United Kingdom, England. 1738 - 1820
History, allegorical, religious and portrait paintings
France, Netherlands. 1684 - 1721
Rococo aristocratic genre painting, theatre set design
France, Italy. 1703 - 1770
Rococo portrait, landscape and mythology painting, engraving, palace decorating
France. 1715 - 1783
Painting
Italy. 1581 - 1644
Painting, fresco; historical; allergorical; genre; portrait; religous
Netherlands, Holland. 1626 - 1679
Genre and figure paintings
France, Germany. c.1700 - 1782
Landscape and marine painting inspired by Vernet, Kapeller, and d'Arles
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Portrait and figure painting