{"product_id":"rousseau","title":"Jacques Rousseau 17th.Century French School Red Chalk Landscape Drawing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJacques Rousseau 1630-1693. French School 17th.Century. Red chalk drawing. River Landscape. 22 by 16 x 22 cms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"mf-section-1 collapsible-block collapsible-block-js open-block\" id=\"content-collapsible-block-0\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA member of a\u003cspan\u003e Hugenot \u003c\/span\u003efamily, Rousseau was born at\u003cspan\u003e Paris\u003c\/span\u003e. He is noted as a painter of decorative landscapes and classical ruins much influenced by Nicolas Poussin and Gaspard Dughet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe was employed to decorate walls for\u003cspan\u003e Louis XIV \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15px;\"\u003ePhillipe\u003c\/span\u003e D'Orleans\u003c\/span\u003e at \u003cspan\u003eSt Cloud, \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15px;\"\u003eMarly and Versailles. Upon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e the revocation of the\u003cspan\u003e Edict of Nantes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein 1685, he was obliged to take refuge in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSwitzerl\u003c\/span\u003eand and Holland, finally in 1690 he was invited to England by the Duke of Montague. Who employed him, together with other French painters, to paint the walls of Montague House\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(on the site of which is now the\u003cspan\u003e British Museum\u003c\/span\u003e).\u003cspan\u003e He\u003c\/span\u003e was also employed to paint architectural subjects and landscapes at Hampton Court Palace where many of his decorative panels still exist. He spent the latter part of his life in\u003cspan\u003e London\u003c\/span\u003e, where he died in 1693.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Patrick Boyd-Carpenter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47530189291713,"sku":"","price":880.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/0291\/6033\/files\/20231229-113821.jpg?v=1703918990","url":"https:\/\/www.pbcfineart.co.uk\/products\/rousseau","provider":"Patrick Boyd-Carpenter","version":"1.0","type":"link"}