Name Gabriel Revel | Died 1712, Dijon, France | |
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Gabriel Revel (10 May 1643 - 9 July 1712) was a French painter.
Life
He was born in Chateau-Thierry, in a family of artists. He went to Paris, probably on the advice of Jean de La Fontaine. He joined the group of decorative artists working for Louis XIV, including Francois Verdier, Claude II Audran et Francois Bonnemer, on the Soleil-Royal. It is thought that he worked with Charles Le Brun at the Palace of Versailles.
Probably after a voyage to Italy, Revel was accepted into the Academie Royale on 31 January 1682 on the basis of his portraits of Francois Girardon and Michel Anguier. For the city of Dijon in 1688 he painted the ceiling of the Chambre des requetes in the Parlement de Bourgogne, with an Allegory of Justice. Moving to Dijon in 1692 he produced a large number of historical paintings and portraits.
He died at Dijon.