Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée

Who was Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée?

Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée was a French rococo painter and student of Carle van Loo. He won the Grand Prix de Rome for painting in 1749 and was elected a member of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture in 1755. His younger brother Jean-Jacques Lagrenée was also a painter.

Lagrenée's notable career appointments included:

Court painter to Elizabeth, Empress of Russia.

Director of the Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg.

Director of the French Academy in Rome.

Professor-rector of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture.

Honorary director-curator of the Louvre museum.

In July 1804, Napoleon I conferred upon Lagrenée the rank of chevalier of the Legion d'Honneur.

Lagrenée died in June 1805, aged 80 years and 6 months.