Nicolas Vleughels

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Self-portrait, around 1714

Nicolas Vleughels (* 6. December 1668 in Paris ; † 11. December 1737 in Rome ) was a French painter of the Baroque .

Vleughels was director of the Académie de France à Rome in Rome from 1725 to 1737 . As a painter he was known, among other things, for mythological and historical paintings .

Works (selection)

literature

  • Bernard Hercenberg: Nicolas Vleughels, Peintre et Directeur de l'académie de France à Rome, 1668–1737. Paris 1975.

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