Eustache Le Sueur
Eustache Le Sueur or Lesueur [ øsˈtaʃ ləˈsɥœʀ ] (born November 19, 1616 in Paris , † April 30, 1655 ibid) was a French painter.
Life
Le Sueur was a pupil of Simon Vouet and formed next to it after Italian paintings that came to Paris. From 1645 to 1648 he painted the famous 22 pictures from the life of St. Bruno in the Small Carthusian Monastery in Paris (now in the Louvre ). In 1649 he wrote his sermon by the Apostle Paul in Ephesus for the Notre Dame church (now in the Louvre). He also made a large number of decorations, paintings and altarpieces for the churches of St. Etienne du Mont, St. Germain l'Auxerrois, St. Gervais and various private clients.
In addition to the aforementioned, the Louvre has 13 religious and 13 mythological images, some of which come from the above-mentioned churches and some from the Cabinet de l'amour in the Hôtel Lambert . In 2009, Christie's in Paris auctioned his painting Allégorie de la poésie in the format 130 by 97.5 centimeters for 1.15 million euros at the Noortmann gallery.
His works are characterized by purity and chastity of style, care of execution and comfortable conception, less by energy.
Web links
- Works by Eustache Le Sueur at Zeno.org .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Le Sueur, Eustache |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lesueur |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 19, 1616 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 30, 1655 |
| Place of death | Paris |