Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Louis-Jean-Francois Lagrenee - Venus and Nymphs Bathing [1776]


Louis-Jean-Francois Lagrenee (Paris, December 30, 1724 - Paris, June 19, 1805) was a French painter. In 1804 Napoleon conferred on him the cross of the Legion D’honneur, and on June 19, 1805 he died in the Louvre, of which he was honorary keeper.

[Oil on canvas, 85 x 100 cm]

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