Nicolas Pierre Loir (1624 - 1679)

Nicolas Pierre Loir was born in 1624, son of a goldsmith in Paris. He was a pupil of the extremely versatile artist Sébastien Bourdon (1616–1671). He spent the years 1647 to 1649 in Rome, where he encountered and followed the style of Poussin (1594–1665). After his return, he painted altarpieces for Paris churches, and murals and ceiling paintings for town-houses, noble palaces and royal buildings: Tuileries, Fontainebleau, Vincennes, St. Germain and Versailles. He also provided designs for the Gobelin factory and made history, landscape and ornamental etchings according to his own pictures. In 1663 he was admitted to the "Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture", with the support of Charles Le Brun (1619–1690) and Louis XIV (1638–1715). His decorative works were held in high regard by his contemporaries. He died in Paris in 1679.

Author: Habersatter Thomas

Literature: DUCKE Astrid, HABERSATTER Thomas, OEHRING Erika: Masterworks. Residenzgalerie Salzburg. Salzburg 2015, S. 128