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'''François-Hubert Drouais''' (December 14, 1727 – October 21, 1775) |
'''François-Hubert Drouais''' (December 14, 1727 – October 21, 1775) a leading French painter during the later part of [[Louis XV]]'s reign. |
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Drouais was born and died in Paris. He was apprenticed successively to his father [[Hubert Drouais]], to [[Donat Nonnotte]], to [[Charles-André van Loo]], to [[Charles-Joseph Natoire]], and to [[François Boucher]]. He eventually replaced the latter as the favorite painter of [[Madame de Pompadour]] and went on to be employed by [[Madame du Barry]] as well. He was especially renowned and prized for his portraits of children. His disciples included [[Catherine Lusurier]] and his son [[Jean-Germain Drouais]]. |
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| ⚫ | Drouais specialized in [[portrait]]s of the French royalty, nobility, foreign aristocrats, writers, and other artists.<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Birmingham Museum of Art | title = Birmingham Museum of Art: Guide to the Collection | publisher = GILES | year = 2010 | location = London, UK | pages = 192 | url = http://www.birminghammuseumstore.org/gutoco.html | accessdate = 2011-06-16 | isbn = 978-1-904832-77-5 | deadurl = yes | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110910171202/http://www.birminghammuseumstore.org/gutoco.html | archivedate = 2011-09-10 | df = }}</ref> |
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He was a pupil of [[Donat Nonnotte]]. |
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| ⚫ | Drouais specialized in [[portrait]]s of the French royalty, nobility, foreign aristocrats, writers, and other artists.<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Birmingham Museum of Art | title = Birmingham Museum of Art: Guide to the Collection | publisher = GILES | year = 2010 | location = London, UK | pages = 192 | url = http://www.birminghammuseumstore.org/gutoco.html | accessdate = 2011-06-16 | isbn = 978-1-904832-77-5 | deadurl = yes | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110910171202/http://www.birminghammuseumstore.org/gutoco.html | archivedate = 2011-09-10 | df = }}</ref> |
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Some of his portraits include [[Louis XV of France|Louis XV]], his wife Marie Leszczyńska the queen of France, his last two mistresses, [[Madame de Pompadour]] and [[Madame du Barry]] respectively. He even painted the young [[Marie Antoinette]]. |
Some of his portraits include [[Louis XV of France|Louis XV]], his wife Marie Leszczyńska the queen of France, his last two mistresses, [[Madame de Pompadour]] and [[Madame du Barry]] respectively. He even painted the young [[Marie Antoinette]]. |
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François-Hubert Drouais (December 14, 1727 – October 21, 1775) a leading French painter during the later part of Louis XV's reign.
Drouais was born and died in Paris. He was apprenticed successively to his father Hubert Drouais, to Donat Nonnotte, to Charles-André van Loo, to Charles-Joseph Natoire, and to François Boucher. He eventually replaced the latter as the favorite painter of Madame de Pompadour and went on to be employed by Madame du Barry as well. He was especially renowned and prized for his portraits of children. His disciples included Catherine Lusurier and his son Jean-Germain Drouais.
Drouais specialized in portraits of the French royalty, nobility, foreign aristocrats, writers, and other artists.[1] Some of his portraits include Louis XV, his wife Marie Leszczyńska the queen of France, his last two mistresses, Madame de Pompadour and Madame du Barry respectively. He even painted the young Marie Antoinette.
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Portrait de Buffon (1707-1788) -
Portrait of Madame de Pompadour (1721-1764) -
Madame Drouais (1758) Musée du Louvre, Paris -
Louise Marie Thérèse "Bathilde d'Orléans" and her brother Louis Philippe Joseph d'Orléans, later known as Philippe Égalité, with an their deceased older sister in the form of an angel (c 1755) -
Monsieur Denis-Paul le Pot de la Fontaine(?), 1772, oil on canvas, The Detroit Institute of Arts -
His signature in "Family Portrait" in the collection of the National Gallery of Art
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References
- ^ Birmingham Museum of Art (2010). Birmingham Museum of Art: Guide to the Collection. London, UK: GILES. p. 192. ISBN 978-1-904832-77-5. Archived from the original on 2011-09-10. Retrieved 2011-06-16.
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External links
Media related to François-Hubert Drouais at Wikimedia Commons
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