François Lemoyne or François Le Moine was a French rococo painter. He was a winner of the Prix de Rome, professor of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture, and Premier peintre du Roi to Loui
Francois Lemoyne
Venus and Adonis, 1729, Nationalmuseum
Time Saving Truth from Falsehood and Envy (1737) Completed on the day before the artist's suicide.
Rococo, less commonly Roccoco, is a Western style of architecture, art, and decoration that emerged in France in the 1730s as a reaction against the Louis XIV style. It is characterized by extensive o
François Lemoyne
…François Lemoyne or François Le Moine (French: ; 1688 – 4 June 1737) was a French rococo painter. He was a winner of the Prix de Rome, professor of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture, and Premier peintre du Roi to Louis XV. He…