Ferdinand Elle

Henri de Lorraine, marquis de Mouy.

Ferdinand Elle (1570, Mechelen – 1637, Paris), was a French portrait painter.

Biography

According to the RKD he was the teacher of Nicolas Poussin and his son, the painter Louis Ferdinand Elle the Elder.[1] From 1601 he was court painter to Louis XIII.[1] Very few of his works survive.

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References

  1. 1 2 Ferdinand Elle in the RKD
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