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{{short description|English painter}} |
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| name = Henri de Favanne |
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| birth_date = 3 October 1668 |
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| death_date = 27 April 1752 (aged 83) |
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| birth_place = [[London]], [[Kingdom of England|England]] |
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| death_place = [[Paris]], [[France]] |
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| nationality = English |
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| awards = [[Grand Prix de Rome]] |
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| image = Portrait de Henri de Favanne par Louis Autreau (1741).JPG |
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| caption = Portrait of Henri de Favanne by [[Jacques Autreau]] (1741) |
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[[File:Henri Antoine de Favanne. La bataille d’Almança ou La bataille de Villaviciosa (v. 1714).jpg|thumb|Sketch for ''La bataille d’Almança ou La bataille de Villaviciosa'' (c.1714)]] |
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==Life== |
==Life== |
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He was born in London |
He was born in London on 3 October 1668, and returned to France with his family in 1688.<ref name=soth/> He studied under [[René-Antoine Houasse|René Houasse]], a pupil of [[Charles le Brun]].<ref name=trib/> He went to Italy in 1693, and was awarded the ''[[Prix de Rome|Grand Prix de Rome]]'' in 1693. He then spent ten years in Spain{{sfn|Bryan|1886}} in the service of [[Marie Anne de La Trémoille, princesse des Ursins|Madame des Ursins]].<ref name=trib/> |
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In 1714 he returned France, where he was commissioned by Madame des Ursins' secretary [[Jean d’Aubigny]] to decorate the newly built [[Château de Chanteloup]].<ref name=soth>{{cite web|title=LA BATAILLE D'ALMANÇA OU LA BATAILLE DE VILLAVICIOSA|url=http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/lot.pdf.PF7008.html/f/19/PF7008-19.pdf|website=Sotheby's|accessdate=28 August 2014}}</ref><ref name=trib/> There he painted the gallery – decorating it with ten scenes from the life of Philip V – a salon and the chapel. The château no longer exists, but there are three studies for decorations in the gallery in French public collections: ''The Triumph of Justice'' in the Louvre, ''The Kingdoms of Valencia and Aragon Surrender to Philip V'' in the Musée des Beaux-Arts at Lille and ''The Battle of Almança or The Battle of Villaviciosa'' acquired by Musée des Beaux-Arts at Tours in 2007. The museum at Tours also owns two paintings by Favanne which used to hang in the chateau, and a study for a work in the salon.<ref name=trib>{{cite web|title=A study by Henri de Favanne for the château de Chanteloup|publisher=Art Tribune|author=Rykner, Didier|url=http://www.thearttribune.com/A-study-by-Henri-de-Favanne-for.html|accessdate=24 August 2014}}</ref> |
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In Paris, he was elected rector of the [[Académie de peinture et de sculpture|Academy]]. He died on 27 April 1752.{{sfn|Bryan|1886}} |
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==References== |
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==Sources== |
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* {{Bryan (3rd edition)|title=Favanne, Henri de |volume=1 |page=483}} |
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| NAME = Favanne, Henri de |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Painter |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = 1668 |
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| PLACE OF BIRTH = London |
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| DATE OF DEATH = 1752 |
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Revision as of 04:37, 8 December 2022
Henri de Favanne | |
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Portrait of Henri de Favanne by Jacques Autreau (1741) | |
Born | Henri Antoine de Favanne 3 October 1668 |
Died | 27 April 1752 (aged 83) |
Nationality | Englisch |
Awards | Grand Prix de Rome |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Henri_Antoine_de_Favanne._La_bataille_d%E2%80%99Alman%C3%A7a_ou_La_bataille_de_Villaviciosa_%28v._1714%29.jpg/220px-Henri_Antoine_de_Favanne._La_bataille_d%E2%80%99Alman%C3%A7a_ou_La_bataille_de_Villaviciosa_%28v._1714%29.jpg)
Henri Antoine de Favanne or Favannes (3 October 1668 – 27 April 1752) was an English-born French painter of historical subjects.
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He was born in London on 3 October 1668, and returned to France with his family in 1688.[1] He studied under René Houasse, a pupil of Charles le Brun.[2] He went to Italy in 1693, and was awarded the Grand Prix de Rome in 1693. He then spent ten years in Spain[3] in the service of Madame des Ursins.[2]
In 1714 he returned France, where he was commissioned by Madame des Ursins' secretary Jean d’Aubigny to decorate the newly built Château de Chanteloup.[1][2] There he painted the gallery – decorating it with ten scenes from the life of Philip V – a salon and the chapel. The château no longer exists, but there are three studies for decorations in the gallery in French public collections: The Triumph of Justice in the Louvre, The Kingdoms of Valencia and Aragon Surrender to Philip V in the Musée des Beaux-Arts at Lille and The Battle of Almança or The Battle of Villaviciosa acquired by Musée des Beaux-Arts at Tours in 2007. The museum at Tours also owns two paintings by Favanne which used to hang in the chateau, and a study for a work in the salon.[2]
In Paris, he was elected rector of the Academy. He died on 27 April 1752.[3]
References
- ^ a b "LA BATAILLE D'ALMANÇA OU LA BATAILLE DE VILLAVICIOSA" (PDF). Sotheby's. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
- ^ a b c d Rykner, Didier. "A study by Henri de Favanne for the château de Chanteloup". Art Tribune. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
- ^ a b Bryan 1886.
Sources
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Favanne, Henri de". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 483.