Claude Lefèbvre (painter)
Claude Lefèbvre (* 1633 in Fontainebleau , † April 25, 1675 in Paris ) was a French painter.
Live and act
Lefèbvre studied with Eustache Le Sueur (1617–1655) and Charles Le Brun (1619–1690) in Fontainebleau . He was soon able to establish himself as the leading portrait painter of his time and in 1663 became a member of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture . During a visit to London a few years later, he was able to portray Charles II of England .
François de Troy is one of his students .
- Painting by Claude Lefèbvre (selection)
Jean-Baptiste Colbert , 1663 (Paris, Louvre )
The Marquise de Sévigné , ca.1665 (Paris, Musée Carnavalet )
Charles Couperin and his daughter , approx. 1665–1670 ( Versailles )
The artist's daughter combing her brother's hair, ca.1672 ( Dijon , Musée Magnin)
literature
- Louis Dussieux et al. a. (Ed.): Mémoires inédits sur la vie et les ouvrages des membres de l'Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture, vol. 1 . Éditions Nobele, Paris 1968, pp. 402–403 (unchanged reprint of the Paris 1887 edition)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lefebvre, Claude |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French portrait painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1633 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fontainebleau |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 25, 1675 |
| Place of death | Paris |