Ferdinand Elle
Appearance
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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
- ^ a b Ferdinand Elle in the RKD