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Nicolas de Largillière · 4e quart 17e siècle;1er quart 18e siècle
Nicolas de Largillière: 1656–1746
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Biography
Nicolas de Largillière (French: [nikɔla də laʁʒijiɛʁ]; baptised 10 October 1656 – 20 March 1746) was a French painter and draughtsman. From 1733 until 1735, he was director of the Académie de Peinture et de Sculpture.
Largillière was baptised at the Church of Saint-Barthélemy in Paris on 10 October 1656. The son of a merchant hatmaker, his family moved to Antwerp when Largillière was around three years old. Following a trip to London, Largillière's father apprenticed him to the Flemish painter Anton Goubau. However, he left at the age of eighteen and again went to England, where he was befriended and employed by Sir Peter Lely for four years at Windsor, Berkshire. While there, Largillière also worked under the direction of Italian painter Antonio Verrio.
His painting caught the attention of Charles II, who wished to retain Largillière in his service, but the controversy aroused by the Rye House Plot against Roman Catholics alarmed Largillière. He left for Paris, where he was well received by the public as a painter.
Upon ascending to the throne in 1685, James II requested Largillière to return to England.
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Influenced by
- Peter Lelyeditorial inference
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- Anton Goubaueditorial inference
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- Gustaf Lundbergeditorial inference
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- Jean-Baptiste Oudryeditorial inference
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Museums & collections
Documented holdings of works attributed to Nicolas de Largillière. Check the museum’s record for current display information.
- Musée Carnavalet4 recorded works
- Musée de Grenoble4 recorded works
- musée des beaux-arts et d'archéologie — Besançon4 recorded works
- musée Condé — Chantilly3 recorded works
- Museo Nacional del Prado3 recorded works
- National Gallery of Art3 recorded works
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art3 recorded works
- Minneapolis Institute of Art2 recorded works
- musée Boucher de Perthes — Abbeville2 recorded works
- musée de Brou — Bourg-en-Bresse2 recorded works
- musée de la Chartreuse — Douai2 recorded works
- musée des Augustins — Toulouse2 recorded works
- Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen2 recorded works
- musée des beaux-arts — Nîmes2 recorded works
- Art Institute of Chicago1 recorded work
- Hermitage Museum1 recorded work
- musée Cantini — Marseille1 recorded work
- musée d'art et d'histoire — Langres1 recorded work
- musée des arts décoratifs et du design — Bordeaux1 recorded work
- musée des beaux-arts — Bordeaux1 recorded work
- Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris1 recorded work
- musée des beaux-arts — Dijon1 recorded work
- musée des beaux-arts — Lille1 recorded work
- musée des beaux-arts — Tours1 recorded work
- musée Granet — Aix-en-Provence1 recorded work
- musée Hyacinthe Rigaud — Perpignan1 recorded work
- musée Joseph Déchelette — Roanne1 recorded work
- musée municipal — Soissons1 recorded work
- The Cleveland Museum of Art1 recorded work