Bon Boullogne
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Bon Boullogne (b. Paris, bapt. February 22, 1649 - Paris, May 17, 1717) was a French painter.
[edit] Biography
Son of the painter Louis Boullogne, he was long regarded as the most gifted of his children. He took his first lessons from his father, whom he is thought to have assisted in the Grande Galerie of the Louvre. Through his father, who presented a half-length figure of St John by Bon to Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Contrôleur Général des Finances, he was sent to the Académie de France in Rome as a Pensionnaire du Roi. In this capacity, he made copies of famous works, in particular some frescoes by Raphael in the Vatican Loggie, intended for reproduction as Gobelins tapestries. The period he then spent in Lombardy helped to complete his training. He studied the work of Correggio and the Carracci, as well as Guido Reni, Domenichino and Albani. Bon’s painting, especially the mythological work, shows great affinities with the work of the Bolognese school, which was also to be found in the royal collections. Also of influence to Bon was Nordic art, as demonstrated in his female portraits framed by plant like motifs, a device taken up by his pupil Robert Tournières.
[edit] Paintings
Jephtha's Daughter, St Petersburg, Hermitage Museum
Saint Nicolas ressucitant les enfants, Montauban, Le Musée Ingres
Emigration des Tectosages, Toulouse, Musée des Augustins
Zéphyr et Flore, Rouen, Musée des beaux arts
Le Lavement de pieds, Dijon ; Musée des beaux-arts
Le Triomphe d'Amphitrite, Dijon, Musée Magnin
L'enlèvement de Proserpine, Lisieux, Musée d'art et d'histoire
Pan et Syrinx, Lisieux, Musée d'art et d'histoire
Deux anges portant des instruments de musique, Versailles, Musée national du château et des Trianons
Junon et Flore, Versailles, Musée national du château et des Trianons
Hercule combat les centaures, Paris, Louvre
La mort de Saint Ambroise, Paris, Louvre
[edit] Students
Nicolas Bertin
Pierre-Jacques Cazes
François Hutin
Sébastien Leclerc
Charles Parrocel
Louis de Silvestre
Robert Tournières
