Claude Lefebvre

Claude Lefebvre (Fontainebleau 1632-1675Paris) Portrait of an artist, half-length, in a blackmantle with a white lace collar, drawing a portrait of a young ladyon a sketch pad oil on canvas 65.9 x 49.4cm (25 15/16 x 197/16in). Estimate: �10,000 - 15,000, � 11,000 - 17,000, US$ 16,000 -25,000 Request Condition Report Claude Lefebvre was the son of the painter, Jean (1600-1675), andjoined the studio of Claude d'Hoey (1585-1660) at Fontainebleau. InParis he became a pupil of Eustache Le Sueur (1617-1655) in 1654and of Charles Le Brun (1619-1690)in 1655. It was the latter whoadvised him to specialise in portraiture. Apart from his celebrated Portrait of Colbert , Lefebvre's painted portraits arelargely best known today through the work of such engravers asG�rard Edelinck, Nicolas de Poilly and Pierre-Louis van Schuppen.Among works attributed on the basis of such evidence is the Portrait of Charles Couperin with the artist's daughter atVersailles. Lefebvre was also a talented engraver, an example ofhis work in this medium being a Self-portrait .