Henri Antoine de Favanne or Favannes (3 October 1668 – 27 April 1752) was an English-born French painter of historical subjects.

Life

He was born in London on 3 October 1668, and returned to France with his family in 1688. He studied under René Houasse, a pupil of Charles le Brun. He went to Italy in 1693, and was awarded the '' Grand Prix de Rome'' in 1693. He then spent ten years in Spain in the service of Madame des Ursins. 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 The Château de Chanteloup was an imposing 18th-century French château with elaborate gardens, compared by some contemporaries to Versailles. It was located in the Loire Valley on the south bank of the river Loire, downstream from the town of Amb ...

. 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. In Paris, he was elected rector of the Academy. He died on 27 April 1752.

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* 1668 births 1752 deaths 17th-century English painters English male painters 18th-century English painters Painters from London 18th-century English male artists {{England-painter-17thC-stub