jean pierre franquePaintings, Biography and Museum Collections

1683 - 1758

Quick Facts

  • Art period: Early Modern
  • Movements: baroque
  • Died: 1758
  • Museums on APS:
    • The Louvre
    • Musée National Magnin
    • Ministère de la Défense Nationale
    • Hôtel Matignon
    • Ministère Des Finances
  • Color intensity:
    • vivid
    • balanced
  • Topics explored:
    • portraiture
    • france
    • nobleman
  • Lifespan: 75 years
  • Works on APS: 28
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  • Typical colors:
    • earthy
    • dark
  • Also known as: Francou
  • Copyright status: Public domain
  • Nationality: France
  • Born: 1683, Buis-les-Vignes, France
  • Creative periods: mature period
  • Corpus themes: classical ideals
  • Top-ranked work: Allegory of the State of France before the Return from Egypt
jean-pierre franque, a french painter, was born at le buis in 1774. he studied under david together with his twin brother joseph, and excelled in historical subjects and portraiture, imitating the style of his master. he married lucile messageot, also an artist, who died in 1802, at the age of twenty-two years. franque died in 1860, leaving among others the following works in the versailles gallery:
françois louis de rousselet, marquis de châteaurenault, 1840, now in the palace of versailles
louise adélaïde de bourbon, now in the musée des beaux-arts de valenciennes

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Art Quiz

There is only one correct answer for each question.

Question 1:
Jean-Pierre Franque was born in which French town?
Question 2:
Under whom did Jean-Pierre Franque study?
Question 3:
What was a significant subject matter in Franque's paintings?
Question 4:
Franque married another artist named…
Question 5:
Many of Franque's later works are found in which palace?



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