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David des Granges (baptised 1611, d. in or before c.1672) was an Anglo-French miniature painter.
Des Granges was initially influenced as a miniature painter by John Hoskins and Peter Oliver. Contemporaries attest that he worked also as an engraver, and in oils; he is thought to have been involved in the copying of miniatures, a form of production that became important with the outbreak of the
Life
The son of Samson de Granges and his wife Marie Bouvier, he was baptised twice on 24 March 1611, at the French church onThreadneedle Street
Threadneedle Street is a street in the City of London, England, between Bishopsgate at its northeast end and Bank junction in the southwest. It is one of nine streets that converge at Bank. It lies in the ward of Cornhill.
History
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, and St Ann Blackfriars. He married in 1636 and moved from the parish of St Ann Blackfriars to Long Acre
Long Acre is a street in the City of Westminster in central London. It runs from St Martin's Lane, at its western end, to Drury Lane in the east. The street was completed in the early 17th century and was once known for its coach-makers, and la ...
, where he was living again at the end of his life, c.1672.
Des Granges was initially influenced as a miniature painter by John Hoskins and Peter Oliver. Contemporaries attest that he worked also as an engraver, and in oils; he is thought to have been involved in the copying of miniatures, a form of production that became important with the outbreak of the English Civil War
The English Civil War (1642–1651) was a series of civil wars and political machinations between Parliamentarians (" Roundheads") and Royalists led by Charles I ("Cavaliers"), mainly over the manner of England's governance and issues of re ...
and the demand for tokens of loyalty. Des Granges was with Charles II in Scotland in the early 1650s, copying a likeness of Charles by Adriaen Hanneman Adriaen is a Dutch form of Adrian. Notable people with the name include:
*Adriaen Banckert (1615–1684), Dutch admiral
*Adriaen Block (1567–1627), Dutch private trader and navigator
* Adriaen Brouwer (1605–1638), Flemish genre painter
* Adriae ...
.
After the English Restoration
The Restoration of the Stuart monarchy in the kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland took place in 1660 when King Charles II returned from exile in continental Europe. The preceding period of the Protectorate and the civil wars came to ...
of 1660, Des Granges was influenced by the court painter Jacob Huysmans
Jacob Huysmans (c. 1633–1696) was a Flemish people, Flemish portrait painter who, after training in his native Antwerp, immigrated to England before the Restoration (England), Restoration. He became a feted court painter and attracted the ...
, and possibly also Samuel Cooper. He was considered a leading artist of his time, but his authentic works are not now easy to identify.
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Des Granges, David 1611 births 1672 deaths 17th-century English painters English male painters English portrait painters English engravers English people of French descent