The French Paintings

François 1st knighted by Bayard

Alexandre-Évariste FRAGONARD (1780-1850)

circa 1819

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Alexandre Evariste Fragonard (1780-1850) François 1er armé chevalier par Bayard, vers 1819, huile sur toile, 54 x 64,7 cm © musée des beaux-arts de Quimper

Oil on canvas

873-1-448

Bequeathed by Jean-Marie de Silguy in 1864

H. 54 cm - L. 64,7 cm

The son of Jean-Honoré Fragonard enjoyed a brilliant career marked with numerous commissions.  He specialised in scenes of national history, a theme that had experienced renewed interest from the State and from art lovers.  This work is a study for a huge painting used to decorate the ceiling of a room in the Palais du Louvre (now used for the Milo plaques).  The theme was borrowed from the life of François 1st who had regained favour at the beginning of the century: on the eve of the Battle of Marignan in 1515, the King is knighted by his famous captain as a mark of respect.
François Dubois (Paris, 1786 – Paris, 1851)

 

The French Paintings

François 1st knighted by Bayard

Alexandre-Évariste FRAGONARD (1780-1850)

circa 1819

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Alexandre Evariste Fragonard (1780-1850) François 1er armé chevalier par Bayard, vers 1819, huile sur toile, 54 x 64,7 cm © musée des beaux-arts de Quimper

Oil on canvas

873-1-448

Bequeathed by Jean-Marie de Silguy in 1864

H. 54 cm - L. 64,7 cm

The son of Jean-Honoré Fragonard enjoyed a brilliant career marked with numerous commissions.  He specialised in scenes of national history, a theme that had experienced renewed interest from the State and from art lovers.  This work is a study for a huge painting used to decorate the ceiling of a room in the Palais du Louvre (now used for the Milo plaques).  The theme was borrowed from the life of François 1st who had regained favour at the beginning of the century: on the eve of the Battle of Marignan in 1515, the King is knighted by his famous captain as a mark of respect.
François Dubois (Paris, 1786 – Paris, 1851)

 

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