Charles-amédée-philippe Van Loo

Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo ( August 25 , 1719 – November 15 , 1795 ) was a French painter of Allegorical scenes and portraits.

He studied under his father, the painter Jean-Baptiste Van Loo , at Turin and Rome , where in 1738 he won the Prix de Rome, then at Aix-en-Provence , before returning to Paris in 1745. He was invited to join the ''Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture'' in 1747, and that year he married his cousin Marie-Marguerite Lebrun, daughter of the painter Michel Lebrun (died 1753 ).

Among his brothers were the painters François van Loo ( 1708 – 1732 ) and Louis-Michel Van Loo ( 1707 – 1771 ).

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