Étienne Allegrain

Classical landscape with staffage, painted in Poussin's style (Wilanów Palace in Warsaw).

Étienne Allegrain (1644 2 April 1736) was a French topographical painter. Inspired by Nicolas Poussin, he evoked still ambiences and atmospherics bathed in a deep play of light and shade.

His grand-son Christophe-Gabriel Allegrain becamea famous sculptor.

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