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See also:LAFOSSE, See also:CHARLES DE (1640—1716) , See also:French painter, was See also:born in See also:Paris. He was one of the most noted and least servile pupils of Le Brun, under whose direction he shared in the See also:chief of the See also:great decorative See also:works undertaken in the reign of See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis XIV. Leaving See also:France in 1662, he spent two years in See also:Rome and three in See also:Venice, and the See also:influence of his prolonged studies of Veronese is evident in his " Finding of See also:Moses " (Louvre), and in his " See also:Rape of See also:Proserpine " (Louvre), which he presented to the Royal See also:Academy as hisdiploma picture in 1673. He was
at once named assistant See also:professor, and in 1674 the full responsibilities of the See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office devolved on him, but his engagements did not prevent his accepting in 1689 the invitation of See also:Lord See also:Montagu to decorate Montagu See also:House. He visited See also:London twice, remaining on the second occasion—together with See also:Rousseau and Monnoyermore than two years. See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William III. vainly strove to detain him in See also:England by the proposal that he should decorate See also:Hampton See also:Court, for Le Brun was dead, and Mansart pressed Lafosse to return to Paris to take in See also:hand the See also:cupola of the Invalides. The decorations of Montagu House are destroyed, those of See also:Versailles are restored, and the See also:dome of the Invalides (engraved, Picart and See also:Cochin) is now the only See also:work existing which gives a full measure of his See also:- TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental
talent. During his latter years Lafosse executed many other important decorations in public buildings and private houses, notably in that of See also:Crozat, under whose roof he died on the 13th of See also:December 1716.
End of Article: LAFOSSE, CHARLES DE (1640—1716)
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