François-Hubert Drouais
François-Hubert Drouais (December 14, 1727 – October 21, 1775) was a French painter and the father of Jean-Germain Drouais.
Contents
1 Early life
2 Career
3 Gallery
4 References
Early life
Drouais was born and died in Paris. He was the father of Jean-Germain Drouais, a historical painter.
Career
Drouais specialized in portraits of the French royalty, nobility, foreign aristocrats, writers, and other artists.[1]
He was a pupil of Donat Nonnotte.
Some of his portraits include Louis XV, his wife Marie Leszczyńska the queen of France, his last two mistresses, Madame de Pompadour and Madame du Barry respectively. He even painted the young Marie Antoinette.
Gallery
Madame Sophie de France, 1762, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Portrait de Buffon (1707-1788)
Portrait of Madame de Pompadour (1721-1764)
Madame Drouais (1758) Musée du Louvre, Paris
Louise Marie Thérèse "Bathilde d'Orléans" and her brother Louis Philippe Joseph d'Orléans, later known as Philippe Égalité, with an angel (c 1755)
Monsieur Denis-Paul le Pot de la Fontaine(?), 1772, oil on canvas, The Detroit Institute of Arts
His signature in "Family Portrait" in the collection of the National Gallery of Art
References
^ Birmingham Museum of Art (2010). Birmingham Museum of Art: Guide to the Collection. London, UK: GILES. p. 192. ISBN 978-1-904832-77-5. Archived from the original on 2011-09-10. Retrieved 2011-06-16.
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