The three Le Nain brothers were painters in 17th-century France: Antoine Le Nain (c.1600–1648), Louis Le Nain (c.1603–1648), and Mathieu Le Nain (1607–1677) ...
Le Nain brothers, three brothers best known for their paintings of peasant life. The work of Antoine Le Nain (b. c. 1588, Laon, France—d.
Reportedly in the early or mid-1640s he painted portraits of the queen, Anne of Austria (1601-1666), and of Cardinal Mazarin (1602-1661) (both location unknown) ...
The Le Nain brothers are famous for their sensitive portrayal of rural life, which they depicted without the ridicule found in many earlier images.
The three Le Nain brothers, Antoine, Louis and Mathieu, are now best known for their scenes of peasant life, and small-scale portraits.
The Le Nain at 730 Eddy Street is located at the edge of the Uptown Tenderloin District, convenient to City Hall, Civic Center, and right next to Van Ness ...
Antoine Le Nain was born in Laon around 1600 and is considered a more important artist than Louis and Mathieu, his brothers, who were also painters.
Active in Paris during the 1630s and 1640s, the brothers are today best known for their startlingly realistic depictions of the poor. Painters of altarpieces, ...
Mathieu was made painter to the city of Paris in 1633, and all three were foundation members of the Académie Royale (see academy) in 1648 (two months after its ...
May 22, 2016 · The brothers Le Nain—Antoine, Louis, and Mathieu—flourished in Paris during the second quarter of the seventeenth century and are renowned for ...