French (Provençal) history painter, pupil of Jean-Baptiste van Loo and Jean-François de Troy. He was the director of Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Marseille in 1754. He moved for good to Paris in 1755 where he became rector of the Acedémie in 1778. He produced several theoretical works, too. //
Category | Artists |
Artists by letter | D |
Artist nationality | French |