ARTWORK:
Academic Study (18th cent.). Carle Van Loo (1705-1765), French. red chalk on paper.
Charles-André Van Loo or Carle Van Loo was the most famous member of a successful dynasty of painters of Dutch origin. His oeuvre includes every category: religion, history painting, mythology, portraiture, allegory, and genre scenes.
In 1723, he worked in Paris and studied at the Académie Royale, where he gained first prize for drawing.