Artist

Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée

Portrait of Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée
Portrait of Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée

French, 1725–1805

Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée was a French Rococo painting artist. 2 works are cataloged here, principally at J. Paul Getty Museum. Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée was born in Paris.

Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée (called Lagrenée l'aîné, Lagrenée the elder) (30 December 1724 – 19 June 1805) was a French rococo painter and student of Carle van Loo. He won the Grand Prix de Rome for painting in 1749 and was elected a member of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture in 1755. His younger brother Jean-Jacques Lagrenée (called Lagrenée le jeune, Lagrenée the younger) was also a painter.

Works by Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée

Collections represented

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