# Louis de Boullogne le Père, peintre ordinaire du Roy [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [SURUGUE, Louis]() - Date: 1701-1750 - Technique: Engraving, 383 x 253 mm ## Commentary This engraving was Surugue's 'morceau de réception' at the Académie in 1735. It was executed after a portrait by Antoine Mathieu \(c. 1631-1673\). It shows the portrait of French painter Louis Boullogne the Elder, half-length, turned to left, in trompe l'oeil window, with right hand on canvas; palette, brushes and book on the window sill. ## Related artworks - [Escalier des Ambassadeurs in Versailles]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()