Michel Corneille called the Younger (1642 - 1708)

Son of Michel Corneille the Elder (1601–1664), one of the twelve founders of the "Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture" (1648) approved by Louis XIV. Michel Corneille the Younger trained with his father, and later with Pierre Mignard and Charles Le Brun. After gaining the Prix de Rome in 1659, he spent several years studying in the Eternal City. On his return to Paris in 1663 he became a member of the "Académie". He participated in the decoration of Louis XIV’s palaces, such as the Grand Trianon in Versailles. His paintings show religious and mythological subjects; he also made drawings and prints of his own paintings and those of Annibale Carracci.

Author: Ducke Astrid

Literature: Ducke Astrid, Habersatter Thomas (Hrsg./Edi.): von | from 0 auf | to 100. Residenzgalerie Salzburg 1923-2023. Salzburg 2023, S./p. 128