List of French Artists - Seventeenth Century

Seventeenth Century

See also French Baroque and Classicism, Louis XIII of France, Cardinal Richelieu, Baroque, Louis XIV of France, Palace of Versailles, Classicism

  • Simon Vouet (1590–1649) painter
  • Jacques Callot (1592–1635) (in Lorraine) engraver
  • Georges de La Tour (1593–1652) painter
  • Nicolas Poussin (1594–1665) painter
  • Antoine Le Nain (before 1600–?) painter
  • Louis Le Nain (after 1600–?) painter
  • Nicolas Lagneau (fl c. 1600–c. 1650), draftsman
  • Abraham Bosse (1602–1676) engraver
  • Claude Gelée, called Claude Lorrain (1600–1682) painter
  • Philippe de Champaigne (1602–1674)
  • Pierre-Antoine Lemoine (1605–1665) still-life painter
  • Laurent de La Hyre (1606–1565) painter
  • Mathieu Le Nain (1607–c.1677) painter
  • Pierre Mignard (1612–1695) painter
  • Gaspard Dughet (1613–1675) painter
  • André Le Nôtre (1613–1700) Landscape architect
  • Eustache Le Sueur (1616–1655) painter
  • Sébastien Bourdon (1616–1671) painter
  • Charles Le Brun (1619–1690) painter, other media
  • Pierre Paul Puget (1620–1694) sculptor
  • Guillaume Courtois (1628–1679) painter and etcher
  • François Girardon (1628–1715) sculptor
  • Claude Lefèbvre (1633–1675) painter and engraver
  • Charles de la Fosse (1636–1716) painter
  • Antoine Coysevox (1640–1720) sculptor
  • Charles de La Fosse (1640–1716) painter
  • Étienne Allegrain (1644–1736) topographical painter
  • Jean Jouvenet (1644–1717) painter
  • François de Troy (1645–1730) painter
  • Nicolas de Largillière (1656–1746) painter
  • Nicolas Coustou (1658–1733), sculptor
  • Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659–1743) painter
  • Antoine Coypel (1661–1722) sculptor
  • François Desportes (1661–1743) painter

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