Nicolas Pierre Loir (1624, Paris – 1679, Paris), was a French painter and engraver of religious and historical allegories.
Biography
According to the RKD he was a pupil of
Sébastien Bourdon
Sébastien Bourdon (2 February 1616 – 8 May 1671) was a French painter and engraver. His ''chef d'œuvre'' is ''The Crucifixion of St. Peter'' made for the cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris, Notre Dame.
Biography
Bourdon was born i ...
and
Simon Vouet
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, who later became a follower of
Nicolas Poussin
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.
[Nicolas Pierre Loir]
in the RKD
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He travelled to Italy in the years 1647–1649, and in 1650 was back in Paris.
[ In 1669 his pupil ]François de Troy
François de Troy ( 28 February 1645 – 1 May 1730) was a French painter and engraver who became principal painter to King James II in exile at Saint-Germain-en-Laye and Director of the Académie Royale de peinture et de sculpture.
Early li ...
married his sister-in-law, Jeanne Cotelle. Roger de Piles
Roger de Piles (7 October 1635 – 5 April 1709) was a French painter, engraver, art critic and diplomat.
Life
Born in Clamecy, Roger de Piles studied philosophy and theology, and devoted himself to painting.
In 1662 he became tutor to Miche ...
included him in his list of notable French artists, noting that he was the son of a goldsmith and a very good draughtsman.
References
*Cornelis de Bie
Cornelis de Bie (10 February 1627 – ) was a Flemish '' rederijker'', poet, jurist and minor politician from Lier.
He is the author of about 64 works, mostly comedies. He is known internationally today for his biographical sketches of Flemish ...
wrote a commemorative poem to his art on page 491 of his book Het Gulden Cabinet
''Het Gulden Cabinet vande Edel Vry Schilder-Const'' or ''The Golden Cabinet of the Noble Liberal Art of Painting'' is a book by the 17th-century Flemish notary and ''Chamber of rhetoric, rederijker'' Cornelis de Bie published in Antwerp. Writte ...
Nicolas Pierre Loir
on Artnet
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1624 births
1679 deaths
17th-century French engravers
17th-century French painters
French male painters
Painters from Paris