Artists

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  The Studio of the Painter $AU 273.37 ~ 1,275.08
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  St Ambrose Converting Theodosius $AU 258.54 ~ 1,086.37
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  Emperor Valens before Bishop Basilius $AU 251.75 ~ 1,021.30
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  Charon Ferrying the Shades $AU 228.55 ~ 942.60

Pierre Subleyras (1699 Saint-Gilles-du-Gard-1749 Rome) came from the Languedoc region of France. He took his first art lessons with his father, the painter Mathieu Subleyras, in Uzes and later learned his craft from Antoine rivalz in Toulouse. From 1726 to 1728 he lived in Paris, where in 1727 he won the Acdemy's first prize with his painting The Iron Snake. The following year he went to Rome and studied at the Academie de France until 1735. Afterward he worked independently for the Clergy and for Italian nobility. In 1740 he became a member of the Accademia di San Luca in Rome. Aside from portraits, Subleyras painted mostly monumental altar and narrative works that were strongly influenced by Italian painting of the High Baroque. His works occupy a special place in the French art of this time. Other works by the artist include Pope Benedict XIV, 1740/41, Musee Conde, Chantilly, Emperor Theodosius before St. Ambrose, c. 1645, Alte Pinakothek, Minich; and The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine, 1746, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome.