Charles Amédée Philippe van Loo (Turin 1719-1795 Paris)
Charles Amédée Philippe van Loo (Turin 1719-1795 Paris)

Hymen and Cupid

Details
Charles Amédée Philippe van Loo (Turin 1719-1795 Paris)
Hymen and Cupid
indistinctly signed and dated 'Amedée Van Loo 1772' (lower right)
oil on canvas
55 ½ x 42 ¾ in. (141 x 108.5 cm.)
with inventory number '564' (lower left)
Provenance
Mr. Breverdit, no. 36, according to a label on the reverse.
with William Thuillier, London.

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Lot Essay

Charles-Amédée-Philippe (“Amédée”) Van Loo, son of Jean-Baptiste Van Loo (1684-1745), was born into a dynasty of painters who were active throughout Europe for more than two centuries. He was trained in his father’s studio, and raised in Italy, southern France, and Paris, where he won the Prix de Rome in 1738. In 1748 he became Court Painter to Frederick II “the Great” in Berlin, and he stayed in Germany until 1758, when the Prussian Monarch gave him permission to return to France as long as the Seven Years war lasted. By 25 August 1763 he was again in Berlin working for Frederick and his court. After his definitive return to Paris in 1769, Amédée Van Loo continued to receive an annual pension from Frederick. He exhibited regularly in the Salons until his death.
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