Antoine-François Callet

Antoine -François Callet ( born March 22, 1741 Paris, † October 2, 1823 ) was a French allegories and portrait painter of the Rococo.

Life

Antoine -François Callet was the official portraitist of King Louis XVI. , The last king of the Ancien Régime. He received the 1764 Prix de Rome award of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture for the image Cleobis et le char de leur Biton conduisent mère au temple de Junon ( Kleobis and Biton drive the car her mother in the Temple of Juno ) awarded.

At the Académie des Beaux- Arts, he was accredited in 1779 with his allegorical paintings with his portrait of the Comte d' Artois. With the allegorical paintings Spring Callet received his doctorate in 1781 as a member. He presented the first time at the Salon of 1783.

He decorated the center of the ceiling of the Grand Gallery of the Palais du Luxembourg, with a composition called " L' Aurore " ( Dawn ). During the Consulate and the Empire he painted several allegories, including one of the coup of 18 Brumaire ( Coronation Hall in the Palace of Versailles ) and an allegory of the battle of Austerlitz (1806, Palace of Versailles ).

The portrait made ​​of him, Louis XVI. gained in Königsornat by the bite of Charles Clément Bervic (1756-1822) special reputation. The Louvre secures four images depicting the four seasons, from him.

Antoine -François Callet died in Paris in 1823.