What are the 3 top-ranked paintings by jean pierre franque on APS?

Museums on APS: Ministère Des Finances Ministère Des Finances Ministère Des Finances Ministère Des Finances Ministère Des Finances
Lifespan: 75 years
Topics explored: portraiture france nobleman
Top 3 works: JEAN, COMTE DE GASSION, MARECHAL DE FRANCE (1609 1647) HENRI, DUC DE ROHAN, PRINCE DE LEON, GENERAL DES SUISSES ET DES GRISONS (1579 1638) Allegory of the State of France before the Return from Egypt
Movements: baroque
Corpus themes: classical ideals
Creative periods: mature period

JEAN, COMTE DE GASSION, MARECHAL DE FRANCE (1609 1647), HENRI, DUC DE ROHAN, PRINCE DE LEON, GENERAL DES SUISSES ET DES GRISONS (1579 1638), Allegory of the State of France before the Return from Egypt

What was a significant subject matter in Franque's paintings?

Historical events and portraits

jean pierre franque (1683

jean-pierre franque, a french painter, was born at le buis in 1774. he studied under david together with his twin brother joseph, and excelled in historical subjects and portraiture, imitating the style of his master. he married lucile messageot, also an artist, who died in 1802, at the age of twenty-two years. franque died in 1860, leaving among others the following works in the versailles gallery:
françois louis de rousselet, marquis de châteaurenault, 1840, now in the palace of versailles
louise adélaïde de bourbon, now in the musée des beaux-arts de valenciennes

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