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LALLEMANT, Georges - b. ~1575 Nancy, d. 1636 Paris - WGA

LALLEMANT, Georges

(b. ~1575 Nancy, d. 1636 Paris)

French painter, the most important teacher of his generation. He taught Nicolas Poussin, Philippe de Champaigne and Laurent de La Hyre. His own style, concentrating on bold compositions with bright colour, seems scarcely to have influenced his pupils. His most important surviving work, The Échevins of Paris in the Musée Carnavalet, Paris, is a rare example of a group portrait from the period.

Adoration of the Magi
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Adoration of the Magi

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The Échevins of Paris Praying before St Geneviève
The Échevins of Paris Praying before St Geneviève by

The Échevins of Paris Praying before St Geneviève

This is one of the few surviving group portraits for the city of Paris (the other is by Philippe de Champaigne). In this painting the treatment of the figures is realist enough to suggest that Lallemant was influenced by such Flemish artists as Pourbus. In spite of the fact that he ran the major Parisian studio, Lallemant’s importance was overshadowed by the arrival of the new generation of artists trained in Italy, led by Simon Vouet.

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