Pierre Subleyras
Pierre Subleyras was a French painter, active during the late-Baroque and early-Neoclassic period, mainly in Italy.Life
Subleyras was born in Saint-Gilles-du-Gard, France.
He left France in 1728, having carried off the French Academy's grand prix, which provided scholarship for study in Rome.
In Rome, he painted for the Elector of Saxony, Frederick Christian, a "Christ's Visit to the House of Simon the Pharisee",, this work procured his admission into the famed Roman artists guild, Accademia di San Luca.
Cardinal Valenti Gonzaga next obtained for him the order for Saint Basil & Emperor Valens.
In his illustrations of La Fontaine and Boccaccio his true relation to the modern era comes out; and his drawings from nature are often admirable.
Exhausted by overwork, Subleyras tried a change to Naples, but returned to Rome at the end of a few months to die. His wife, the celebrated miniature painter, Maria Felice Tibaldi, was sister to Isabella, the wife of Trémolières.Partial Catalogue and gallery
Paintings at the Louvre
