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- Baptized:
- Oct. 10, 1656, Paris, France
- Died:
- March 20, 1746, Paris
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Largillière, Nicolas de: Self-Portrait
Self-Portrait, oil on canvas by Nicolas de Largillière, 1707; in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 90.5 × 71.1 cm.
Nicolas de Largillière
French painter
Largillière, Nicolas de: Allegorical PortraitAllegorical Portrait, painting by Nicolas de Largillière, c. 1680–85; in the Louvre, Paris. 43 × 32 cm.
Nicolas de Largillière (baptized Oct. 10, 1656, Paris, France—died March 20, 1746, Paris) was a French historical and portrait painter who excelled in painting likenesses of the wealthy middle classes. Most artists of his time took as their standard of excellence the adherence to Classical models and an emphasis on drawing, while some broke away in favour of the style of Rubens and an emphasis on colour. Trained in Antwerp and showing great admiration for the Flemish masters, Largillière came to be looked upon as a pioneer by those 18th-century artists who followed the later, more modern course. Highly honoured in his lifetime, he was made chancellor of the Academy in 1743.
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