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Nationality/school
French, South Netherlandish
second generation Flemish immigrant
Born
Paris 1656-10/1656-10-10
christened on October 10, 1656 (Rombouts/Van Lerius 1872, vol.2 p. 386)
Deceased
Paris 1746-03-30
Family relationships
this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).
son of Antoon Largillière, milliner, merchant in Antwerp and Maria Mignon. Married 14 September 1699 to Maria-Elisabeth Forest, daughter of the painter Jan Forest, peintre du Roy. They had three children: Elisabeth-Margarita (23 January 1701), Margarita Elisabeth (27 March 1703) and Nicolaes (21 August 1704) (Rombouts/Van Lerius 1872, p. 386).
See also
In this field, you will find references to names of groups or to the artists that made/make up groups. You may also come across references to other artists if there was/is question of collaboration without a joint name. This is the case, for instance, with artists who rendered parts of works by other artists (such as with P.P Rubens and J. Brueghel I).
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Biographical information
Active in
  • Groot-Brittannië
    for study
  • Antwerpen (stad) 1662 - 1674-09-18
    apprentice in the Guild of St. Luke, Antwerp between 18 September 1668 and 18 September 1669, master between 18 September 1673 and 18 September 1674 (Rombouts/Van Lerius 1872/1961, esp. p. 386-387, note 4)
  • Londen (Engeland) 1675 - 1679
    second stay in England: fled because of anti-Catholic violence at the time of the Rye House Plot
  • Parijs 1680 - 1746
    see for his beginnings in Paris: Richefort 1986, p. 71
  • Londen (Engeland) 1686 - 1688
    invited by James II to come to England (for the third time), but left again after the Glorious Revolution of 1688
  • Parijs
Teacher at academy/university
Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture (Parijs)
director in 1734-1735 and 1738-1742
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Subjects
This field specifies the various subject categories or genres that constitute the oeuvre of the artist in question. The contents of this field are generally based more on the documentation available at the RKD than on the literature.
history (genre), landscape (genre), portrait, still life, fruit piece
Medium/technique
oil paint
Comment
voor een portret van De Largillière zie: Thienpondt, Carl Friedrich
Creation date: 1992-01-12; Last modified date: 2023-09-19

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