What was a significant subject matter in Franque's paintings?

Mediums: oil on canvas
Museums on APS: The Louvre Musée National Magnin Ministère de la Défense Nationale Hôtel Matignon Ministère Des Finances
Top-ranked work: Allegory of the State of France before the Return from Egypt
Nationality: France
Color intensity: vivid balanced
Topics explored: portraiture nobleman
Lifespan: 75 years

Historical events and portraits

What is the top-ranked painting by Jean Pierre Franque on ArtsDot.com?

Allegory of the State of France before the Return from Egypt

Jean Pierre Franque (1683

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

more...