Charles de La Fosse
Paintings
Alexander the Great hunting Lions
The Sacrifice of Iphigenia
Acis and Galatea
Jesus at the Home of Martha and Mary
Saint Cecilia
Sunrise with the Chariot of Apollo
Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalene
Clytie Transformed into a Sunflower
The Sacrifice of IphigeniaAcis and Galatea
Augustus building the port of Misena
Jason and the Argonauts in Colchis
Vespasian erecting the Colosseum in Rome
The Presentation in the Temple
Apollo and the Python
Young Woman Kneeling and Reaching Forward
Two Young Women Seated on the Ground
Head of a Young Girl and Studies of Hands and of her Right Foot
Sheet of studies of four figures
Sacrifice of Iphigenia
Saint John the Evangelist
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Alexander the Great hunting Lions
Charles de La Fosse (or Lafosse) (June 16, 1636 – December 13, 1716), French painter, was born in Paris.[1]
Life
Charles de La Fosse, Clytia changed into a sunflower, Grand Trianon, Palace of Versailles, 1688
He was one of the most noted and least servile pupils of Le Brun, under whose direction he shared in the chief of the great decorative works undertaken in the reign of Louis XIV. Leaving France in 1662, he spent two years in Rome and three in Venice. The influence of his prolonged studies of Veronese is evident in his Finding of Moses (Louvre), and in his Rape of Proserpine (Louvre), which he presented to the Royal Academy as his diploma picture in 1673. He was at once named assistant professor, and in 1674 the full responsibilities of the office devolved on him, but his engagements did not prevent his accepting in 1689 the invitation of Lord Montagu to decorate
Charles de La Fosse - Bacchus and Ariadne
He visited London twice, remaining on the second occasion—together with Rousseau and Monnoyer more than two years. William III vainly strove to detain him in England by the proposal that he should decorate Hampton Court, for Le Brun was dead, and Mansart pressed La Fosse to return to Paris to take in hand the cupola of Les Invalides. The decorations of Montagu House are destroyed, those of Versailles are restored, and the dome of the Invalides (engraved, Picart and Cochin) is now the only work existing which gives a full measure of his talent. During his latter years La Fosse executed many other important decorations in public buildings and private houses, notably in that of Crozat, under whose roof he died on 13 December 1716. The artis't works and conception played a key role in the French art history from shifting the classicism of the French style from the court of Louis XIV towards the lighter and more playful Rococo period's style. La Fosse's style prior to his emergence from the shadow of Le Brun remains a mystery, with very few sheets by him dating earlier than 1680.[1][2]
References
Encyclopædia Britannica 1911
Margaret Morgan Grasselli, Renaissance to Revolution, French Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, 1500-1800. National Gallery of Art, Washington
Sources
Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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