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 Portrait of Princess Ekaterina Dmitrievna Golitsyna oil painting


Portrait of Princess Ekaterina Dmitrievna Golitsyna
1759(1759) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 97 x 83 cm (38.2 x 32.7 in) cyf
Painting ID::  80544
Louis Michel van Loo
Portrait of Princess Ekaterina Dmitrievna Golitsyna
1759(1759) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 97 x 83 cm (38.2 x 32.7 in) cyf
   
   
     

Louis Michel van Loo Portrait of Louis XV oil painting


Portrait of Louis XV
Date 1763 cyf
Painting ID::  80564
Louis Michel van Loo
Portrait of Louis XV
Date 1763 cyf
   
   
     

Louis Michel van Loo Portrait de Louis Phelypeaux oil painting


Portrait de Louis Phelypeaux
1769(1769) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 100 x 81 cm (39.4 x 31.9 in) cyf
Painting ID::  81266
Louis Michel van Loo
Portrait de Louis Phelypeaux
1769(1769) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 100 x 81 cm (39.4 x 31.9 in) cyf
   
   
     

Louis Michel van Loo Self portrait oil painting


Self portrait
1762(1762) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 130 x 98 cm (51.2 x 38.6 in) cyf
Painting ID::  81397
Louis Michel van Loo
Self portrait
1762(1762) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 130 x 98 cm (51.2 x 38.6 in) cyf
   
   
     

Louis Michel van Loo The family of Philip V in oil painting


The family of Philip V in
1745(1745) Medium Oil on canvas cyf
Painting ID::  81972
Louis Michel van Loo
The family of Philip V in
1745(1745) Medium Oil on canvas cyf
   
   
     

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     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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