Lectionary Calendar
Saturday, April 27th, 2024
the Fourth Week after Easter
the Fourth Week after Easter
Attention!
Tired of seeing ads while studying? Now you can enjoy an "Ads Free" version of the site for as little as 10¢ a day and support a great cause!
Click here to learn more!
Click here to learn more!
Bible Encyclopedias
Lagrenee, Louis Jean Francois
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Search for…
or Resource Toolbox
Additional Links
an eminent French painter, was born at Paris, December 30, 1724, and studied under Charles Vanloo. He gained the grand prize of the French Academy for his picture of Joseph Explaining the Dreams, and at the age of twenty visited England, and was employed by Antonio Verrio upon the large picture of St. Bartholomew's Hospital. He was also unanimously chosen by the commissioners to paint the cupola of St. Paul's. He died in Paris, June 17, 1801. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.; Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the Fine Arts, s.v.
Copyright Statement
These files are public domain.
These files are public domain.
Bibliography Information
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Lagrenee, Louis Jean Francois'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/l/lagrenee-louis-jean-francois.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Lagrenee, Louis Jean Francois'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/l/lagrenee-louis-jean-francois.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
