Marcellus Laroon
Dutch painter
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Marcellus Laroon or Lauron, the elder (1653–1702) was a Dutch-born painter and engraver, active in England. He provided the drawings for the popular series of prints "The Cries of London".
Life
He was born at The Hague, the son of Marcellus Lauron, a painter of French extraction who settled in the Netherlands.
He spent several years in Yorkshire, He had settled in London by 1674, the year in which he became a member of the Painter-Stainers Company. He lived in Bow Street, Covent Garden. He was frequently employed to paint draperies for Sir Godfrey Kneller, and was well known as a copyist.
His self-portrait showed the scars resulting from injuries received in a street fight.
Works
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Laroon became known for small portraits and conversation pieces. He also painted small pictures, on humorous or free subjects, in the style of Egbert van Heemskerk, some of which were engraved in mezzotint by Isaac Beckett and John Smith. He also made some etchings and mezzotints on similar subjects himself.
Laroon is best known for the drawings he made of The Cryes of London, and published by Pierce Tempest. He also drew the illustrations for 'The Art of Defence', a fencing manual by William Elder published in 1699 and the procession at the coronation of William III and Mary in 1689. He painted portraits of Queen Mary (engraved in mezzotint by Robert Williams), Caius Gabriel Cibber the sculptor, and others. Some drawings by him entered the collection of the British Museum.
Family
He married the daughter of Jeremiah Keene, a builder, of Little Sutton, near Chiswick, by whom he had a large family, including three sons, who were brought up in his profession.
Death
He died of consumption at Richmond, Surrey on 11 March 1702, and was buried there. He left a collection of pictures, which was sold by auction by his son Marcellus Laroon the Younger on 24 February 1725.
References
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References
- Walpole, Horace. (1763). "Anecdotes of Painting in England".
- "British picture framemakers, 1600-1950 - F". National Portrait Galler.
- and later told [[George Vertue]] that he had seen [[Rembrandt]] at [[Kingston upon Hull]] in 1661.{{cite DNB|wstitle=Laroon, Marcellus}}
- "Marcellus Laroon II (painter/draughtsman; Dutch; British; Male; 1648/1649 or 1653 - 1702)". British Museum.
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