Bon Boullogne (French pronunciation:[bɔ̃bulɔɲ]; bapt. February 22, 1649 – May 17, 1717) was a French painter.
Biography
Boullogne was born in
Paris, a son of the painter
Louis Boullogne;[1] he was regarded as the most gifted of his children. He took his first lessons from his father, whom he is thought to have assisted in the Grande Galerie of the
Louvre. Through his father, who presented a half-length figure of St John by Bon to
Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Contrôleur Général des Finances, he was sent to the Académie de France in Rome as a Pensionnaire du Roi.[1] In this capacity, he made copies of famous works, in particular some frescoes by
Raphael in the
Vatican Loggie, intended for reproduction as
Gobelins tapestries.[1] The period he then spent in Lombardy helped to complete his training. He studied the work of
Antonio da Correggio and the
Annibale Carracci, as well as
Guido Reni,
Domenichino and
Francesco Albani. Bon’s painting, especially the mythological work, shows great affinities with the work of the
Bolognese school, which was also to be found in the royal collections. Also of influence to Bon was
Nordic art, as demonstrated in his female portraits framed by plant like motifs, a device taken up by his pupil
Robert Tournières. He died in Paris.
Blumer, Marie-Louise (1954). "Boulogne ou Boullongne". In Prevost, Michel; Roman d'Amat, Jean-Charles (eds.). Dictionnaire de biographie française (in French). Vol. 6. Paris: Letouzet et Ané. cols. 1370–1372.
Guicharnaud, Hélène (1996a).
"Boullogne". In Turner, Jane (ed.). The Dictionary of Art. Vol. 4. New York: Grove's Dictionaries. pp. 534–538.
ISBN1-884446-00-0.
OCLC1033646743 – via the Internet Archive.
Guicharnaud, Hélène (1996b). "Boullogne (Boullongne; Boulogne)". In Kasten, Eberhard (ed.). Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon. Vol. 13. München, Leipzig: Saur. pp. 340–343.
ISBN3-598-22753-1.