Pierre L'Enfant (painter)
- Pierre L'Enfant (painter)
Pierre L'Enfant (born at Anet in 1704 and died at Paris (Gobelins) on 23 June 1787) was a French painter.
He was Charles Parrocel's student and was admitted to the Académie de peinture et de sculpture in 1745. His specialty was painting battle scenes and landscapes, he exhibited them between 1741 and 1771.
He was married to Marie Charlotte Leullier and was the father of Pierre (Peter) Charles L'Enfant, designer of Washington, D.C.
Source
* Adolphe de Riquet, "Anet, son passé, son état actuel", Paris, Benjamin Duprat, 1860, p. 284.
External links
* [http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/joconde_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER&FIELD_2=AUTR&VALUE_2=LENFANT%20PIERRE Pierre Lenfant] in [http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/joconde_fr Joconde database] .
This Wikipedia entry relies heavily on the French wikipedia entry, which was accessed for translation on January 8 2008.
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