Charles Amedée van Loo, The Hunters' Rest

Charles Amedée van Loo

Rivoli near Turin 1719 - 1795 Paris

The Hunters' Rest

Oil on canvas (relined). 73 x 59.5 cm.

** Provenance
Private ownership, Franken.

Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo was born into one of the most important French artist families of the 18th century. His father, mother and two brothers were also painters, as was his uncle Carle, who was doubtlessly the most famous member of the family. Amédée van Loo painted a 220 x 250 cm large composition entitled "Halt de Chasse" for the hunting themed dining room of Louis XV, which is today kept in the Louvre. The present work is a section of the work, highlighting the main group on the left.

In 1748, Amédée became court painter to Frederick the Great in Berlin. He remained there until 1758, when the Prussian king allowed him to return to his home town of Paris during the Seven Years' War, in which France and Prussia were enemies. Amédée returned to Berlin in 1763, and there painted the ceiling fresco “The Induction of Ganymede in Olympus” for the marble hall of the Neues Palais in Potsdam in 1768.