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Louis Jean Francois Lagrenee
(1725-1805)
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Mythological Scene
Louis Jean Francois Lagrenee was an 18th century French Rococo painter. Lagrenee mainly painted mythological scenes, and has been credited by art historians as being one of the artists responsible for the transition between Rococo and Classical French art.
Rinaldo and Armida
Lagrenee won the Prix de Rome from the Academie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in 1749. He studied in Rome and later was named the director of the Saint Petersburg Academy in Russia . Lagrenee also painted for the Russian court and was given several important public commissions once he returned to Paris.
Mars and Venus
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