Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée (1725-1805)

"Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée (a.k.a. Lagrenée the elder) (30 December 1724 – 19 June 1805) 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 (a.k.a. Lagrenée the younger) 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." - (en.wikipedia.org 24.05.2021)