Nicolas-Pierre Loir

Nicolas Pierre Loir (1624 – 1679) was a French painter and engraver of religious and historical allegories.

Biography

Loir was born and died in Paris. According to the RKD he was a pupil of Sébastien Bourdon and Simon Vouet, who later became a follower of Nicolas Poussin.Nicolas Pierre Loir in the RKD He travelled to Italy in the years 1647–1649, and in 1650 was back in Paris. In 1669 his pupil François de Troy married his sister-in-law, Jeanne Cotelle. Roger de Piles included him in his list of notable French artists, noting that he was the son of a goldsmith and a very good draughtsman.

References

Cornelis de Bie wrote a commemorative poem to his art on page 491 of his book Het Gulden Cabinet Nicolas Pierre Loir on Artnet