|
MOILLON, Louise:
French Baroque Era Painter, ca.1610-1696
French painter. She was the daughter of the Protestant Nicolas Moillon (1555-1619), a painter of portraits and landscapes, picture-dealer and member of the Acad?mie de St Luc. She grew up in the St-Germain-des-Pr?s district of Paris, which, from the beginning of the 17th century, was a centre for painters from the southern Netherlands seeking refuge from religious persecution. Flemish influences appear in her still-life work, a specialization in which she followed her stepfather,
Korg med Persika och Vindruva s
1631 Olja på trä. 48 x 68 cm Staatliche Kunsthalle. Karlsruhe
|
