Rome 1638.

Original copperplate engraving from 1638 with handwritten title below the illustration - sheet dimensions approx.: 36 x 22.5 cm - signed in the plate - slightly stained, otherwise in good condition | original copper engraving from 1638 with handwritten title under the image. - signed in plate - slightly stained, otherwise good condition. As a teacher of Charles le Brun, Francois Perrier had a great influence on French painting. He was born in Pontarlier and went to Rome in 1625 to study under Giovanni Lanfranco. In 1630 he worked with the court painter Simon Vouet in Paris. From 1632 to 1634 he was the teacher of Charles le Brun, on whom he had a decisive influence. In 1635 Francois Perrier returned to Rome, where he worked on the frescoes in the Palazzo Peretti-Almagià. In 1645 he worked with Eustache Le Sueur at the Hôtel Lambert. In 1648 he founded the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture with twelve other artists. - Unfortunately, most of his works are lost today. -- -- Perrier was born in Pontarlier. During the years 1620-1625 he was the pupil of Giovanni Lanfranco in Rome. In 1630 he returned to Paris and worked in the classifying circle of Simon Vouet. In 1632-1634 he was a pupil of Charles Le Brun, destined to become the central figure of official French painting in the age of Louis XIV. In 1635 he returned to Rome, where he published his repertory of etchings of classical models. In 1645 he painted the ceiling of the gallery of the Hotel de la Vrilliere and worked with Eustache Le Sueur on the cabinet de l'amour in the Hotel Lambert. In 1648 he was one of the twelve founders of the Academie royale de peinture et de sculpture.

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