Louis Ferdinand Elle the Elder

Louis Ferdinand Elle the Elder, dit Louis Le Vieux (1612 –1689) was a French portrait painter who was the son of Ferdinand Elle.

Elle the Elder - Louis XIV of France - Musée de la Cour d'Or

Mademoiselle de Montpensier par Louis Ferdinand Elle

Madame, Duchess of Orléans (Elisabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate) in hunting dress – Elle (1673)

Madame de Maintenon Louis Elle

La Grande Mademoiselle by Louis Ferdinand Elle

Louis Elle-François d'Espinay

Biography

Elle was born and died in Paris. According to the RKD he was one of the 12 men who were dissatisfied with the Paris Guild of St. Luke and who founded the Académie de peinture et de sculpture in 1648. His portraits were influenced by Anthony van Dyck and Charles Errard, among others. He became the teacher of his son, Louis Ferdinand Elle the Younger.

Works

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  Marie Louise of Orléans (circa 1679)
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  Duchess of Montpensier
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  La Grande Mademoiselle
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  Marquise de Maintenon with her niece Françoise Charlotte d'Aubigné (1688)
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  Charles Paris d'Orléans (1660)
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  Jean Louis Charles d'Orléans (1660)

References

• Louis Ferdinand Elle the Elder on Artnet