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Portrait of Louis-Nicolas Clerambault (1676-1749)
Oil on original canvas
Dimensions: 110 x 90 cm (excluding frame)
The painter presents the artist in three-quarter view, dressed in an elegant blue velvet frock coat over a pink silk waistcoat trimmed with lace. He is seated before his harpsichord, a score of the "Cantata of Orpheus" resting on his easel. This portrait was reproduced by Louis-Simon Leempereur, an engraver of interpretations, born in 1728 and died in 1807, who was engraver to the King. This engraving is held at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF).
Born into a family of musicians in Paris in 1676, Louis-Nicolas Clerambault studied violin and harpsichord. He was a pupil of André Raison, organist of the Abbey of Sainte-Geneviève and the Jacobins church on Rue Saint-Jacques. He also studied composition and singing with Jean-Baptiste Moreau. Louis XIV, having heard one of his cantatas, commissioned him to compose several for his chamber music and appointed him superintendent of music for Madame de Maintenon. Organist of the Grands-Augustins church since 1704, he succeeded Nivers, who died in 1714, at the organs of Saint-Sulpice and the Royal House of Saint-Cyr. It was in this position, which was confirmed after the death of Madame de Maintenon, that he developed the genre of the "French cantata," of which he is the undisputed master. In 1719, he succeeded his teacher, André Raison, as organist at the Church of the Grands-Jacobins.
He is known as the first master of the French sonata and cantata, inspired by Italian models.
Ref: S47YGFHB9V
| Condition | Very good |
| Style | Louis XIV style (Paintings Portraits of Louis XIV style Style) |
| Period | 18th century (Paintings Portraits 18th century) |
| Country of origin | France |
| Width (cm) | 89 |
| Height (cm) | 110 |
| Materials | Oil on canvas |
| Shipping Time | Ready to ship in 8-15 Business Days |
| Location | 93400, Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, France |
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