Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée

Background

Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée was born at Paris on the 30th of December 1724.

Career

Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée visited St Petersburg at the call of the empress Elizabeth, and on his return was named in 1781 director of the French Academy at Rome; he there painted the " Indian Widow, " one of his best-known works. In 1804 Napoleon conferred on him the cross of the legion of honour, and on the 19th of June 1805 he died in the Louvre, of which he was honorary keeper.

Achievements

• Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée became a member of the Royal Academy, presenting as his diploma picture the " Rape of Deianira " (Louvre).

Connections

On Monday 10 July 1758, at the age of 33, Lagrenée married 16-year-old Anne-Agathe Isnard.

Spouse:

Anne-Agathe Isnard