Artist
Jacques de Lajoue
French, 1686–1761
Jacques de Lajoue was a French Rococo painting painter. 2 works are cataloged here, principally at Metropolitan Museum of Art, most of them oil paintings. Jacques de Lajoue was born in Paris.
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Jacques de Lajoue, a French architectural painter, was born in 1687 in Paris. He became a member of the Academy in 1721, and is noticed for a 'Perspective' which he executed in 1732 at the Library of St. Geneviève. He also designed the title-page to the works of Wouwerman. Etchings have been made after him by Cochin, Tardieu, and others. He died in Paris in 1761.
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