Francisque Millet. Francisque Millet, also known as Jean-François Milée or Millet I, was a Flemish-French landscape painter of the Baroque era.
According to Houbraken, Millet was the son of an ivory worker from Dijon, who had been tempted to move to Brabant as a result of the patronage of Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé. Since he found a market for ivory work in Antwerp, he stayed there and when later his son showed a talent for drawing, he apprenticed him to Laurentius Frank, a cousin of Abraham Genoels.
This Genoels wrote Houbraken that he met Millet as a boy of 17 in 1659 in Paris where he was working with his cousin. Genoels claimed that the young Millet had a remarkable memory for detail, and could make copies of any artwork quickly and accurately without needing to turn his head towards the subject.
He could thus make copies of paintings with ease. At the age of eighteen, he married his master's daughter.
He specialized in Italianate landscapes with figures in the manner of Pousyn. Though he enjoyed success on his travels through France, England, and Holland, he tended to spend more than he earned, a practise which Houbraken disapproved of. He suffered from a sudden high fever which caused him to go insane and died shortly thereafter at the age of 36. He was buried in the St Nicolas-des-Champs church in Paris. His son, also named Jean François Millet, and also called Francisque, was bo
According to Houbraken, Millet was the son of an ivory worker from Dijon, who had been tempted to move to Brabant as a result of the patronage of Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé. Since he found a market for ivory work in Antwerp, he stayed there and when later his son showed a talent for drawing, he apprenticed him to Laurentius Frank, a cousin of Abraham Genoels.
This Genoels wrote Houbraken that he met Millet as a boy of 17 in 1659 in Paris where he was working with his cousin. Genoels claimed that the young Millet had a remarkable memory for detail, and could make copies of any artwork quickly and accurately without needing to turn his head towards the subject.
He could thus make copies of paintings with ease. At the age of eighteen, he married his master's daughter.
He specialized in Italianate landscapes with figures in the manner of Pousyn. Though he enjoyed success on his travels through France, England, and Holland, he tended to spend more than he earned, a practise which Houbraken disapproved of. He suffered from a sudden high fever which caused him to go insane and died shortly thereafter at the age of 36. He was buried in the St Nicolas-des-Champs church in Paris. His son, also named Jean François Millet, and also called Francisque, was bo
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