Antoine-François Callet
Antoine-François Callet (* 22. March 1741 in Paris ; † 2. October 1823 ) was a French allegories - and portrait painter of the Rococo .
Life
Antoine-François Callet was the official portraitist of King Louis XVI. , the last king of the Ancien Régime . In 1764 he received the Prix de Rome award from the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture for the picture Cléobis et Biton conduisent le char de leur mère au temple de Junon ( Cleobis and Biton drive their mother's carriage to the temple of Juno ).
At the Académie des Beaux-Arts he was accredited in 1779 with his allegorical painting with his portrait of the Comte d'Artois. Callet received his doctorate in 1781 with the allegorical painting Spring. He first exhibited at the Salon of 1783.
He adorned the center of the ceiling of the great gallery of the Palais du Luxembourg with a composition called “L'Aurore” (The Dawn). During the Consulate and Empire, he painted several allegories, including one of the coup d'état of 18th Brumaire VIII (Coronation Hall in Palace of Versailles ) and an allegory of the Battle of Austerlitz (1806, Palace of Versailles).
The portrait of Louis XVI made by him. in the royal robe gained a special reputation through the engraving by Charles Clément Bervic (1756–1822). The Louvre keeps four pictures of him depicting the four seasons.
Antoine-François Callet died in Paris in 1823.
literature
- Marc Sandoz: Antoine-François Callet, 1741-1823 , éd. Éditart - Quatre Chemins, Tours, 1985.
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| SURNAME | Callet, Antoine-François |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 22, 1741 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 2, 1823 |
| Place of death | Paris |