Louis Michel van Loo

Louis-Michel van Loo (2 March 1707-20 March 1771) was a French painter. He studied under his father, the painter Jean-Baptiste van Loo, at Turin and Rome, and he won a prize at the Academie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in Paris in 1725. With his uncle, the painter Charles-Andre van Loo, he went to Rome in 1727 - 1732, and in 1736 he became court painter to Philip V of Spain at Madrid, where he was a founder-member of the Academy in 1752. He returned to Paris in 1753, and painted many portraits of Louis XV of France. In 1765 he succeeded Charles-Andre as director of the special school of the French academy known as the Ecole Royale des Eleves Proteges. In 1766 he made the portrait of the Portuguese statesman Sebastiao de Melo, Marquis of Pombal. Among his brothers were the painters Francois van Loo (1708 - 1732) and Charles-Amedee-Philippe van Loo (1719 - 1795).
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Louis Michel van Loo Philip V of Spain and his family oil painting


Philip V of Spain and his family
Pintura Identificación::  83281
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Philip V of Spain and his family
1743(1743) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 408 x 520 cm (160.6 x 204.7 in) cyf
1743(1743) _ Medium_Oil_on_canvas _ Dimensions_408_x_520_cm_(160.6_x_204.7_in) _ cyf
   
   
     

Louis Michel van Loo Portrait of Carle van Loo oil painting


Portrait of Carle van Loo
Pintura Identificación::  83320
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Portrait of Carle van Loo
1764(1764) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 74 x 58 cm (29.1 x 22.8 in) cyf
1764(1764) _ Medium_Oil_on_canvas _ Dimensions_74_x_58_cm_(29.1_x_22.8_in) _ cyf
   
   
     

Louis Michel van Loo Portrait of Nicolas Beaujon oil painting


Portrait of Nicolas Beaujon
Pintura Identificación::  83356
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Portrait of Nicolas Beaujon
Oil on canvas Dimensions 144 x 110 cm (56.7 x 43.3 in) cyf
Oil_on_canvas _ Dimensions_144_x_110_cm_(56.7_x_43.3_in) _ cyf
   
   
     

Louis Michel van Loo Portrait of Louise Elisabeth of France oil painting


Portrait of Louise Elisabeth of France
Pintura Identificación::  83414
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Portrait of Louise Elisabeth of France
18th century Medium Oil cyf
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Louis Michel van Loo Portrait of Elisabeth Farnese oil painting


Portrait of Elisabeth Farnese
Pintura Identificación::  96271
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Portrait of Elisabeth Farnese
circa 1740(1740) Medium oil cyf
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     Louis Michel van Loo
     Louis-Michel van Loo (2 March 1707-20 March 1771) was a French painter. He studied under his father, the painter Jean-Baptiste van Loo, at Turin and Rome, and he won a prize at the Academie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in Paris in 1725. With his uncle, the painter Charles-Andre van Loo, he went to Rome in 1727 - 1732, and in 1736 he became court painter to Philip V of Spain at Madrid, where he was a founder-member of the Academy in 1752. He returned to Paris in 1753, and painted many portraits of Louis XV of France. In 1765 he succeeded Charles-Andre as director of the special school of the French academy known as the Ecole Royale des Eleves Proteges. In 1766 he made the portrait of the Portuguese statesman Sebastiao de Melo, Marquis of Pombal. Among his brothers were the painters Francois van Loo (1708 - 1732) and Charles-Amedee-Philippe van Loo (1719 - 1795).

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