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Jacques Foucquet (active 1685–1704) was a French artist primarily active in Sweden.
"Jacques Foucquet"
Oxford University Press 17th-century French painters French male painters 18th-century French painters 17th-century Swedish painters Swedish male painters 18th-century Swedish painters 18th-century Swedish male artists 1650s births 1704 deaths 18th-century French male artists {{France-painter-17thC-stub
Jacques Foucquet (active 1685–1704) was a French artist primarily active in Sweden.
Biography
Before becoming active as a painter inStockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...
, Sweden, Jacques Foucquet was employed as an officer and engineer in the court of Louis XIV. He was educated at Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture
The Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture (; en, "Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture") was founded in 1648 in Paris, France. It was the premier art institution of France during the latter part of the Ancien Régime until it was abol ...
in Paris, and heavily influenced by Charles Le Brun. He arrived in Sweden in 1694 with a group of other French artists, on the invitation of Nicodemus Tessin the Younger, who needed artists for the planned monumental historical and allegorical works in the newly built Royal Palace in Stockholm.
Foucquet's most famous works in the Stockholm palace are the three central ceiling panels (1700–02) of the vault in the State Apartment of the north wing, the Gallery of Charles XI of Sweden. The paintings in this gallery and in the adjoining Cabinet of Peace and Cabinet of War depict a victorious king on the battlefield during the Scanian War
The Scanian War ( da, Skånske Krig, , sv, Skånska kriget, german: Schonischer Krieg) was a part of the Northern Wars involving the union of Denmark–Norway, Brandenburg and Sweden. It was fought from 1675 to 1679 mainly on Scanian soil, ...
and the peace that followed when the Danish princess Ulrike Eleonora
Ulrika Eleonora or Ulrica Eleanor (23 January 1688 – 24 November 1741), known as Ulrika Eleonora the Younger, was Queen of Sweden, reigning in her own right from 5 December 1718 until her abdication on 29 February 1720 in favour of her husband ...
, sister of Christian V
Christian V (15 April 1646 25 August 1699) was king of Denmark and Norway from 1670 until his death in 1699.
Well-regarded by the common people, he was the first king anointed at Frederiksborg Castle chapel as absolute monarch since the decree ...
, married Charles XI. The iconography represent the King dressed as a classical military commander of Rome and the works are steeped in classical mythology. The ceiling was created by Jacques Foucquet and sculptor René Chauveau.
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"Jacques Foucquet"
Oxford University Press 17th-century French painters French male painters 18th-century French painters 17th-century Swedish painters Swedish male painters 18th-century Swedish painters 18th-century Swedish male artists 1650s births 1704 deaths 18th-century French male artists {{France-painter-17thC-stub