Lafrensen, Niclas (The Younger)
- Lafrensen, Niclas (The Younger)
(10/30/1737 Stockholm-12/6/1807 Stockholm) (Sweden);
aka Lafrensen, Nils [The Younger] / Lawer-entz, Niclas [der Jungere] / Lavreince, Niclas / Lavrince, Niclas / Lawreince, Niclas)
Miniaturist, portraitist, and genre painter trained by his father. Moved to Paris where he achieved renown for images of Rococo society in a style reminiscent of Boucher.
Reproductions: [Boudoir Scene]; Kronhausen, 1968: p. 74 (C). [Couple in erotic embrace in garden]; Kronhausen, 1968: p. 81 (C)
Source: Benezit, vol. 8: pp. 295-296; DoA v18: 634635; ThB XXII 1928: p. 214.
Dictionary of erotic artists: painters, sculptors, printmakers, graphic designers and illustrators.
Eugene C. Burt.
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