Claude Charles

Claude Charles (1661–1747) was a French historical and decorative painter.

Coronation St. Sigisbert by Claude Charles, Nancy Cathedral

Charles was born at Nancy in 1661. He studied under Gérard, and became herald at arms and painter to Leopold, Duke of Lorraine. He painted numerous pictures for the churches of Nancy, and died in that city.

Paintings

References

  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Charles, Claude". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.


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