Claude Charles

Coronation St. Sigisbert by Claude Charles, Nancy Cathedral

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

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

st. Peter, Toul cathedral,
Nivard, Abbaye Saint-Pierre d'Hautvillers.

References

This article incorporates text from the article "CHARLES, Claude" in Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers by Michael Bryan, edited by Robert Edmund Graves and Sir Walter Armstrong, an 1886–1889 publication now in the public domain.

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