Ferdinand Elle Explained

Ferdinand Elle (1570 in Mechelen – 1637 in Paris) was a Flemish portrait painter.

Biography

According to the RKD he was the teacher of Nicolas Poussin and his son, the painter Louis Ferdinand Elle the Elder.^[1] From 1601 he was court painter to Louis XIII.^[1] Very few of his works survive.

References

• Ferdinand Elle on Artnet

Notes and References

1. https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/25995 Ferdinand Elle