{"title":"Errard, Charles","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCharles Errard (c.1606\/9-1689)\u003c\/strong\u003e, also known as Charles Errard the Younger, was a French painter, draughtsman, engraver, writer, as well as co-founder and later director of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture. He was also the Director of the French Academy in Rome from 1666 to 1672 and again from 1675 to 1684.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eErrard was born in Nantes in 1606 or 1609 to Charles Errard (1570-c.1635), an artist from Bressuire, and Jeanne Cremé. His father, known as 'the Elder' to distinguish him from his son, was affiliated with the French royal family. Louis XIII appointed Errard chief architect for the fortifications in Brittany in 1615. And in 1621, he helped in the decoration of the Luxembourg Palace in Paris for the king's mother, Marie de Medici.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe son's long career as an artist in France was interrupted by several stays in Rome, going there to study with his father in 1625, equipped with a royal scholarship, and again in 1627. He drew ancient works of art as well as figures, busts, reliefs, ornament and Trajan's Column, as well as buildings. Soon he became a brilliant draughtsman. He became acquainted with Poussin and his patron, Cassiano dal Pozzo, for whom he painted two pictures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter his return to Paris in 1643, he worked for different French art lovers and collectors including, among others, the brothers Paul Fréart de Chantelou and Roland Fréart de Chambray.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1648, Errard was one of the founders of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture (French Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture) and was elected as one of the original twelve elders in charge of its running.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1651, according to Stiche, he produced illustrations after Poussin's sketches to Leonardo da Vinci's Trattato della Pittura. After he was appointed decorator of the royal palace, he received orders for the decoration of the Louvre Palace, the Palace of Fontainebleau (queen mother's suite), Saint-Germain-en-Laye and Versailles. He was also active as a scenery painter for the royal opera.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs an engraver, he illustrated, among other things, the Vite by Giovanni Pietro Bellori and an anatomical Atlas for the scholars of the French Academy in Rome, one of the first anatomical books for artists generally. In 1664-65 he carried out an art-collecting trip to Flanders on the king's behalf. In 1666, Louis XIV's minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert sent him to found the French Academy in Rome, where he was director until 1684 (apart from 1673 to 1675, when he was replaced by Noël Coypel).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRivalries with Charles Le Brun led him to take another trip to Rome, this time taking twelve scholars with him to establish the Académie de France à Rome on behalf of his promoter, the French minister Colbert. He was selected in 1673 and 1675 to be the Principal of the Accademia di San Luca. Errard was also formally the director of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture from 1675 to 1683, but his absence from Paris meant that Le Brun was de facto in charge. After the death of Colbert in 1683, Errard resigned his offices.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn his death in Rome aged 80 or 83, he was buried in Santa Trinità dei Monti. He left Louis XIV bronze copies of Florentine sculptures, particularly from Michelangelo's sculptures in the Medici Chapel, which are now in the Louvre.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"errard-charles-c1606-1689-tancred-and-erminia-c-1644","title":"Errard, Charles (c.1606-1689) - Tancred and Erminia c.1644","description":"\u003cp\u003ePicture by the French artist Charles Errard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis download consists of 1 image, in JPEG format, that is 600dpi and 4518 pixels wide by 4464 pixels tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe picture is out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use it in whatever way you'd like, including commercial use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead more about \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/errard-charles\" title=\"Charles Errard\"\u003eCharles Errard\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digital Download - 1 image","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53638535217482,"sku":null,"price":0.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/files\/Errard_Charles_c1606-1689_-TancredandErminia_main.jpg?v=1766416628"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/collections\/Errard_Charles_c1606-1689-3592550.jpg?v=1768960105","url":"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/errard-charles.oembed","provider":"Public Domain Image Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}