Marcellus Laroon
Marcellus Laroon or Lauron, the elder (1653โ1702) was a Dutch-born painter and engraver, active in England. He provided the drawings for the popular series of prints "The Cries of London".
Life
He was born at The Hague, the son of Marcellus Lauron, a painter of French extraction who settled in the Netherlands.[1] He began his artistic education with his father, who took him to be taken to England at an early age. According to brief biographies by Horace Walpole and Bainbrigg Buckeridge he was taught by one "La Zoon"[2][3] before studying under one of the Flessiers, a family of Dutch painters and framemakers working in London in the mid-17th century.[4]
He spent several years in
His self-portrait showed the scars resulting from injuries received in a street fight.[1]
Works
Laroon became known for small portraits and
When he came to work for himself, he made it his endeavour to follow nature very close, so that his manner was wholly his own. He was a general Painter, and imitated other masters hands exactly well. He painted well, both in great and little, and was an exact draftsman; but he was chiefly famous for drapery, wherein he exceeded most of his cotemporaries [sic].[3]
Laroon is best known for the drawings he made of The Cryes of London,
Family
He married the daughter of Jeremiah Keene, a builder, of Little Sutton, near Chiswick, by whom he had a large family, including three sons, who were brought up in his profession.[1]
Death
He died of
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885โ1900. .
- ^ a b Walpole, Horace (1763). "Marcellus Laroon". Anecdotes of Painting in England. London.
- ^ a b Buckeridge, Bainbrigg (1754). "Marcelius Lauron or Laroon". An Essay towards an English School (Published as an appendix to Buckeridge's translation of The Art of Painting by Roger de Piles) (Third ed.). London: Thomas Payne. p. 401.
- ^ "British picture framemakers, 1600-1950 - F". National Portrait Galler. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- ^ a b "Marcellus Laroon II (painter/draughtsman; Dutch; British; Male; 1648/1649 or 1653 - 1702)". British Museum. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/24718. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Laroon, Marcellus". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885โ1900.
Further reading
- Raines, Robert (1967). Marcellus Laroon (exhibition catalogue). Studies in British Art. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul for the Paul Mellon Foundation for British Art – via the Internet Archive.