Adriaen Manglard (1695–1760)

• Was a French painter, draughtsman, and engraver.
• The son of a modest painter, Manglard was trained in Lyon by his godson Adriaen van der Cabel.
• In 1734 Manglard was admitted to the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture, which he entered as a full member in 1736.
• In his youth he traveled to Rome, where he spent most of his life.
• Manglard came to Rome simply as a "tourist"; he wasn't under the protection of the French Academy.
• He is said to have trained under Bernardino Fergioni in Italy.
• Manglard's best known pupil is arguably Claude-Joseph Vernet.
• He painted the frescoes of two rooms in the Palazzo Chigi in Rome, including the Sala delle Marine.
• Manglard's prestigious clients included Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy and King of Piedmont, and Philip, Duke of Parma.

• Philip alone commissioned more than 140 paintings from Manglard to decorate his palaces.

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