LE SUEUR, EUSTACHE. - Painter, b. in Paris on 18 Nov. 1617 (or 1616), d. there on 30 Apr. 1655, son of the wood sculptor Chathelin L., of Picard origin. He studied painting in Paris with Simon Vouet, finding himself a companion of Le Brun and of Mignard, who later made the traditional educational journey to Italy.
When Vouet in 1637 received the commission to prepare the cartoons with the Dream of Poliphilus for the Gobelins manufactory, he passed it on to his pupil, who was thus publicly presented. He also produced illustrations for books, decorated the Hôtel Lambert of Thorigny with mythological figurations, partly preserved in the Louvre, as well as the paintings he executed for Louis XIV and Anne of Austria. In 1645 he also received the commission to execute for the charterhouse of Paris 22 large canvases, with episodes from the life of St. Bruno; for the Gobelins he copied the so-called Bible of Raphael and was one of the founders of the Royal Academy of Painting.
BibliographyR. Graul, s. v. in Thieme-Beker, XXIII, pp. 132-33, with bibl. and list of works.
BIBL.: R. Graul, s. v. in Thieme-Beker, XXIII, pp. 132-33, with bibl. and list of works.
Battisti, Eugenio. “Le Sueur, eustache.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, col. 1206. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/le-sueur-eustache.
MLA
Battisti, Eugenio. “Le Sueur, eustache.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 1206. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/le-sueur-eustache.
BibTeX
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author = {Battisti, Eugenio},
title = {Le Sueur, eustache},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {VII},
pages = {1206},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1951},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/le-sueur-eustache}
}
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