Vanloo, JEAN BAPTISTE, a member of a family originally Flemish, in which a love of art seemed indigenous, was born at Aix in Provence in 1684. He painted successively at Nice, Toulon, and Aix, visited Genoa and Turin, and was sent by the Prince of Carignano, son-in-law of the Duke of Savoy, to study at Rome under Benedetto Luti. After a further residence at Turin, he proceeded in 1719 to Paris, and speedily acquired a great reputation as a portrait-painter. He was made a member of the Academy in 1731, and professor of
Painting in 1735; visited London, where he painted Colley Cibber and Sir Robert Walpole; and died at Aix, 19th December 1745.—CHARLES ANDRÉ VAN LOO, his younger brother, was born at Nice, 15th February 1705. He also studied at Rome under Benedetto Luti, and then settled in Paris, but later returned to Rome. At Turin he painted for the king of Sardinia a series of subjects illustrative of Tasso, after which he returned to Paris, and was appointed in 1735 a member of the Academy, and later a knight of the order of St Michael, and chief painter to the king. He died at Paris, 15th July 1765.