Louis Ferdinand Elle the Elder (1612 –1689) was a French

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. He was the son of

Ferdinand Elle Ferdinand Elle (1570 in Mechelen – 1637 in Paris) was a Flemish portrait painter. Biography According to the RKD he was the teacher of Nicolas Poussin and his son, the painter Louis Ferdinand Elle the Elder.Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

. According to the RKD he was one of the 12 men who were dissatisfied with the Paris Guild of St. Luke and who founded the

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in 1648.Louis Ferdinand Elle (le vieux)
in the

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His portraits were influenced by

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and Charles Errard, among others. He became the teacher of his son, Louis Ferdinand Elle the Younger.

Works

File:ElleParis.jpg, Charles Paris d'Orléans (1658-1660) File:ElleOrleans.jpg, Jean Louis Charles d'Orléans (1660) File:Madame, Duchess of Orléans (Elisabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate) in hunting dress – Elle (1673).jpg, Madame, Duchess of Orléans (

Elisabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate Elizabeth or Elisabeth may refer to: People * Elizabeth (given name), a female given name (including people with that name) * Empress Elisabeth (disambiguation), lists various empresses named ''Elisabeth'' or ''Elizabeth'' * Princess Elizabeth ...

) in hunting dress (1673) File:Marie-Louise d'Orléans, reine d'Espagne.jpg, Marie Louise of Orléans (circa 1679) File:Madame de Maintenon Louis Elle.jpg,

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with her niece

Françoise Charlotte d'Aubigné Baroness Francoise Charlotte Amable d'Aubigne-Maintenon, Duchess of Noailles (5 May 1684 – 6 October 1739) was a French aristocrat, the wife of Adrien Maurice de Noailles, 3rd Duke of Noailles. She was the niece of Françoise d'Aubigné, Madame ...

(1688) File:Circle of Elle - Portrait of a Lady, Said to be the Duchess of Montpensier.png,

Duchess of Montpensier Countess of Montpensier House of Valois, 1362?–1434 House of Bourbon-Montpensier, 1434–1523 Duchess of Montpensier House of Bourbon-Vendôme, 1561–1627 House of Bourbon-Orléans House of Bourbon-Orléans (in pretence) ...

File:Portrait-Grande-Mademoiselle-50110000838.jpg, La Grande Mademoiselle

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Elle, Louis Ferdinand, the Elder 1612 births 1689 deaths 17th-century French painters French male painters Painters from Paris Members of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture