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Louis de Moni (1698– 1771) was an 18th-century genre painter from the Northern Netherlands.
in the RKD He studied the works of Gerard Dou, and imitated the manner of
Louis de Moni (1698– 1771) was an 18th-century genre painter from the Northern Netherlands.
Biography
De Moni was born inBreda
Breda () is a city and municipality in the southern part of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Brabant. The name derived from ''brede Aa'' ('wide Aa' or 'broad Aa') and refers to the confluence of the rivers Mark and Aa. Breda has ...
. According to the RKD he was a pupil of Van Kessel Van Kessel is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from/of Kessel". There are two towns Kessel in Belgium, two in The Netherlands, and one just across the border in Germany. It could also refer to the medieval with Kessel (Limburg) as its capital, ...
and J. B. Biset in Breda, and from 1721 to 1725 he attended the Hague drawing academy associated with the Confrerie Pictura
The Confrerie Pictura was a more or less academic club of artists founded in 1656 in The Hague (the Netherlands) by local art painters, who were unsatisfied by the Guild of Saint Luke there.
History
The guild of St. Luke in the Hague existed a ...
, where he studied with Philip van Dyk.Louis de Moniin the RKD He studied the works of Gerard Dou, and imitated the manner of
Mieris Mieris is the name of a family of artists who practised painting at Leiden for three generations in the 17th and 18th centuries.
*Frans van Mieris the Elder (1635–1681)
* Jan van Mieris (1660–1690), son of Frans
*Willem van Mieris (1662–1747) ...
. He accompanied Philip van Dyk to Cassel Cassel may refer to:
People
* Cassel (surname)
Places
;France
* Cassel, Nord, a town and commune in northern France
** Battle of Cassel (1071)
** Battle of Cassel (1328)
** Battle of Cassel (1677)
;Germany
* Cassel, Germany, a city in Hesse renam ...
in 1726, and afterwards settled at Leyden, where he died in 1771. His paintings consist of portraits and genre pieces of a simple and pleasing character, though cold in colouring. These are painted by him:
* Amsterdam. Museum. ''A Woman watering Flowers''.
* Hague. Gallery. ''The Lacemaker''. 1742.
* Lille. Museum. ''Scene galante''.
*Paris. Louvre
The Louvre ( ), or the Louvre Museum ( ), is the world's most-visited museum, and an historic landmark in Paris, France. It is the home of some of the best-known works of art, including the ''Mona Lisa'' and the ''Venus de Milo''. A central l ...
. ''A Family Scene''.
*Petersburg. Hermitage. ''A Fish-Woman'' and ''The Bon Vivant''. 1723.
* Rotterdam. Museum. ''A Fish-Seller''.
* Vienna. Belvedere. ''A Girl at a Window''.
Notes
References
* Attribution: * 1698 births 1771 deaths 18th-century Dutch painters 18th-century Dutch male artists Dutch male painters People from Breda {{Netherlands-painter-stub