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René Antoine Houasse
(1645 - 27th May, 1710)
Allégorie de la Science
Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / Philippe Fuzeau
musée du Louvre
http://www.louvre.fr
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Keywords:
Allegory (all)
child
reading
fond d'architecture
sitting
woman
book
drapery
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About the artwork
Title:
Allégorie de la Science
Periods:
18th century
17th century
modern age
XVIIth century
XVIIIth century
Techniques:
white highlights
black chalk
wash with grey
Dimensions:
258 x 381
Inventory number:
INV30060-recto
Location:
musée du Louvre
About the author(s)
Author:
René Antoine Houasse
Also known as:
Rene Antoine Houasse
Rene Antoine Ouasse
René-Antoine Ouasse
Born:
1645
Dead:
27th May, 1710
Country:
France
See more about this author on Wikipedia:
René-Antoine Houasse
(c. 1645–1710) was a decorative French painter. He was a pupil of Charles Le Brun, under whose direction he worked at the Manufacture des Gobelins, and with whom he worked on the decoration of the Château de Versailles. He was the director of the French Academy in Rome from 1699 to 1704. His son was Michel Ange Houasse, a painter of genre scenes.
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