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
Venus and Adonis, 1729, Nationalmuseum
Time Saving Truth from Falsehood and Envy (1737) Completed on the day before the artist's suicide.
The grand appartement du roi is the King's grand apartment of the Palace of Versailles.
Plan of Versailles before the third building campaign, with the King's grand apartment in yellow
Lit de parade, Salon of Mercury. The clock, by Antoine Morand, was offered to Louis XIV in 1706. It is the only piece of furniture from the Grand Appartement that has survived, however the original Boulle marquetry case has been replaced.
Painting of the Persian emperor Cyrus the Great hunting wild boar, by Claude Audran II, located in the Salon de Diane