Claude Vignon ( French: Claude Vignon ; 1593 , Tour - 1670 , Paris ) - French artist, court painter Louis XIII .
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| Date of Birth | May 19, 1593 |
| Place of Birth | Tour |
| Date of death | May 10, 1670 (aged 76) |
| Place of death | Paris , France |
| Citizenship |  France |
| Style | baroque |
| Patrons | Louis XIII , Cardinal Richelieu |
Life and creativity
Claude Vignon was born into a wealthy family in Tours. The master of the Baroque era, he studied painting in Paris with Jacob Bunel. In 1610, he went to Rome where, under the influence of Caravaggio 's creativity, he mastered the technique of chiaroscuro . In 1616, Vignon returned to France, where he became a member of the Paris Guild of Artists. He went to Rome for the second time the following year. In 1623, the artist worked in Spain . Married in 1624 to Charlotte de Leu, daughter of the engraver Thomas de Leu. In 1625 he returned to his homeland to take the post of court artist. He painted canvases commissioned by Louis XIII and Cardinal Richelieu for the Louvre and Palais Royal palaces.
Pictures of C. Vignon can be seen today in all major art museums in the world.
Gallery
Conversion of St. Peter (1623-30)
Flora (1630)
Dying Cleopatra (1640)
Museum of Art, RennesCroesus , 1629
Marie-Noemi Cadiot, who later became a feminist, writer, and sculptor, known as Claude Vignon.
Links
- Claude Vignon (English)
- Claude VIGNON (Fr.)